Al Killen

As Senior Vice President of INTUITIVE, Albert Killen, Ph.D., oversees the development of strategies and business planning necessary to maintain the organizations operations and competitiveness. Dr. Killen is responsible for establishing client relationships and strategizing big picture growth opportunities, alongside the executive team. His expertise in the area of emerging technology, coupled with his passion for research and development, contributes immensely to INTUITIVE’s overall business value and competitive differentiation. Dr. Killen joined INTUITIVE as a Senior Vice President in 2009 and served as the organization’s Chief Technology Officer until 2019.

Prior to his corporate career, Dr. Killen dedicated more than 19 years to civil service, retiring as Assistant Deputy Director for the Weapons Sciences Directorate at the Army’s Aviation and Missile Command, where he was responsible for implementing and executing the basic and applied research in the physical and engineering sciences for the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center at Redstone Arsenal. He was also the Director of the Unmanned Systems Initiative at the Research Center where he had direct responsibility for the investigation, development, and evaluation of technologies to be inserted into unmanned platforms for both aerial and ground vehicles.

Dr. Killen received a Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D. of Aerospace Engineering from Mississippi State University in 1983, 1984, and 1994, respectively, and also a Masters in Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999.