Carl Allen is CEO and founder of 4MATIV Technologies, a tech-enabled manager of (truly) multi-modal student mobility solutions and holistic data-driven consultancy supporting districts, state systems, charter networks, and others in the K-12 ecosystem across the U.S.
As Director of Transportation for Boston Public Schools from 2011-2014, Carl Allen led all routing, customer service/call center, and contract management activities for the district’s transportation operation, operating and maintaining over 750 city-owned buses. He also led stakeholder engagement processes—including using innovative game-based systems, traditional “town-hall meetings”, focus groups, surveys, and targeted interviews—and internal analytical processes to assess major student assignment plan changes, bell time realignment, and a major expansion of the district’s MBTA (transit) program for middle school students. As Regional Vice President (RVP) for Transdev in Colorado, Carl Allen managed on-demand fleet operations for the whole state—including paratransit service for Denver RTD and Fort Collins’ Transfort, and McKinney-Vento services for Denver Public Schools using qualified taxi fleets. As Chief of Staff for Transdev North America, Carl led special projects including future of mobility research into autonomous vehicle technology and other multi-modal innovations for applications in school mobility and public transit more broadly. Immediately before co-founding 4MATIV Technologies and serving as CEO, Carl was COO/CFO for the Harvest Network of Schools in Minneapolis. Carl studied urban planning and public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and before that was a Peace Corps Volunteer high school math teacher in Ghana. Carl holds degrees in industrial (IE) and manufacturing design engineering (MaDE) from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Carl lives with his wife and three children in Saint Paul, Minnesota.