Albert Green

Physicist and business executive Albert M. Green was born on July 29, 1965 to Natalia and Alberto Green in Englewood, New Jersey. He graduated from Blue Mountain Academy in Hamburg, Pennsylvania in 1983. He went on to earn his B.A. degree in physics from the University of Chicago in 1987. In 1994, he earned his Ph.D. degree in physics from Stanford University in Stanford, California.

After earning his Ph.D. degree, Green was hired as a research scientist with the Science Applications International Corporation in Washington D.C., where he worked for thirteen years in various positions including center director, vice president, and division manager of the applied sciences division. In 2007, Green became the chief executive officer of Kent Displays, Inc. in Kent, Ohio. While at Kent Displays, Green oversaw the manufacturing of the Boogie Board, an e-writing tablet. Green worked as an adjunct professor of chemical physics and the director of technology commercialization at Kent State University in 2008 and 2020, respectively. In 2019, Green founded AMG Consulting Group, a technology consulting firm. Then, he co-founded MATCorp, a business consulting nonprofit, in 2020, and he also served as chief technology officer and board member until 2024. After six years with AMG Consulting Group, Green joined QuantumCT, an economic development organization in New Haven, Connecticut, as president and CEO in 2025.

Green served as a council member for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s Business Advisory Council in 2011 and the Department of Commerce Manufacturing Council from 2012 to 2016, while also serving on the board of Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio. In 2018, he joined as a member of the board of Kent State University Research Corporation.

Green has received numerous recognitions for the achievements in his career, which include a Black Engineer of the Year, Most Promising Scientist Award from the National Society of Black Engineers in 1997. In 2012, Green earned the Who's Who in Northeast Ohio distinction from Crain’s Cleveland Business. Then, in 2016, he was an Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year, Northeast Ohio finalist.

Green and his wife, Sarah Kwon, have two children, Alexander and Blake Green. They reside in New Haven, Connecticut.

Albert M. Green was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on December 11, 2024.