Kellen Betts supports research at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and is a Course Lead in the MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management. 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 course lead for SC4x: Supply Chain Technology and Systems and past course lead for SC3x: Supply Chain Dynamics.
Kellen has over seventeen years of experience in various supply chain and analytics roles, working for startups, small manufacturing businesses, and Fortune 500 corporations, including REI, Zulily, PACCAR, and his family's boat-building business.
He writes at kellenbetts.substack.com and is working on two long-term book projects on sustainability and endurance sports. He also helps organize events for the supply chain professional community through the MITx MicroMasters Program in SCM (see this YouTube Channel) and previously with Supply Chain Connect.
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 from sub-marathon to 100-mile distances. He is currently training for the 2024 UTMB 100-mile World Series Finals in Chamonix, France.
