Allied Motion Technologies Inc. announced that Ken May has been named Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this role as Allied's first CTO, he will be responsible for overseeing the global technology and engineering teams including electronics, electromagnetic and mechanical capabilities to ensure the delivery of more complete and advanced system technology to meet the emerging needs of target markets and customers. Mr. May joined Allied Motion in 2019 as Director of R&D and Global Electronics.

Prior to Allied, he spent twenty-two years at Moog Inc. working on electromechanical actuation systems for aerospace and industrial applications, and eleven years working on automotive powertrain systems at Borg Warner and Zexel corporations. Mr. May has served in various capacities of systems engineering, project engineering, product line engineering management and functional management for actuation and electronics design. He holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).