Kellen Betts is a Course Lead in the MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management and supports research at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. His research experience includes the Omnichannel Supply Chain Lab, the annual State of Supply Chain Sustainability report, sustainable aviation fuels, and circular supply chains. He is the current course lead for SC4x: Supply Chain Technology and Systems and custom corporate courses, and was previously the course lead for SC3x: Supply Chain Dynamics.
Kellen has over fourteen years of industry experience in various supply chain and analytics roles, with technology startups, a small manufacturing business, and large corporations, including REI, Zulily, PACCAR, and his family's boat-building business.
Kellen received an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Washington and an M.S. in Global Supply Chain Management from Portland State University. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Kellen is also an endurance athlete who competes in mountain running and cross-country skiing events. He recently completed the 2024 UTMB 100-mile run in France and the 2025 American Birkebeiner ski race in Wisconsin. Currently, he is training for the 2025 Moab 240-mile run in Utah.
