Allen Witters
Co-Founder, Chairman
Our Chairperson, Allen Witters is a dynamic senior executive and self-taught entrepreneur with over 35 years of experience driving growth, profitability, and innovation at technology enterprises in domestic and international markets. A true visionary leader and boy genius, Allen graduated high school at the age of 15 in 1976 and immediately began his professional career as an ultrasonic transducer designer, with his designs becoming key components in the US nuclear submarine fleet. During this early period, he also contributed to electronics designs that are now part of the Voyager Satellites, which have traveled over 15.5 billion miles from Earth.
Despite never attending college, Allen's innate technical abilities and self-directed learning have enabled him to make significant contributions to hundreds of recognized commercial and military products and systems. His design work can be found in diverse applications such as the Wagner Spraytech Airless Sprayers, St. Jude Heart Valves, the B-1B Bomber, the Space Shuttle, and Sears Vacuum Cleaners, among many others.
Currently, Allen serves as Founder and Chairperson of Gravitas Infinitum (GI), a sustainable impact holding company focused on the triple bottom line of people, planet, and profits. Under the GI umbrella, he oversees a portfolio of impact-focused companies and projects including Carbotura Regenesis Service Companies which provides waste to manufacturing services globally.
Prior to GI, Allen founded and led several transformative technology companies:
• As Chairperson, CEO and Founder of PolyTor Global from 2011-2015, he established a global private equity holding company in partnership with Procter & Gamble's Duracell subsidiary, negotiating global brand licenses for Duracell, Energizer and Hewlett-Packard.
• At Nature's Accent, Inc. from 2006-2009, Allen patented integrated renewable solar, wind and biomass energy generation facilities and transmission systems in partnership with major corporations, securing over $8 billion in project funding.
• In 2002, he founded sensor device startup OffRoadOnly, achieving profitability in its third year through technology license agreements with automotive and industrial equipment OEMs.
However, Allen is best known as the Founder, COO and CTO of WAM!NET from 1994-2001, growing it from startup to the world's largest private secure IP network at the time. He raised over $850 million in funding, built a global team of 700+ across 135 countries, and captured major market share in media/publishing, entertainment, government, and information storage/transport sectors. Major customers included AOL Time Warner, Sony, Disney, EDS, US Navy/Marine Corps, and 60,000 other corporate and government accounts globally.
Allen's pioneering technology innovations at WAM!NET included the first B2B transactional cloud/SaaS model, the first all-IP satellite network for backup transmission services, and the world's largest multi-petabyte storage network at the time. As chief architect, he led the deployment of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet across 600+ global base sites. Other achievements include designing a surplus auction platform for the GSA handling billions in monthly transactions.
Widely recognized for his leadership and impact, Allen was the recipient of the Smithsonian Computerworld Award for Innovation in IT in 2000. WAM!NET was also named one of the 50 fastest growing companies in the USA for 3 years. Over his career, Allen has secured 3 IPOs, managed 6 publicly traded companies, raised over $19 billion in private and public offerings, and negotiated over $30 billion in contracts and financing. He has been a trusted advisor to the US Navy, NSA, NRO, Pentagon, GSA, and numerous Fortune 500 companies.
Allen's deep technical expertise spans physics, microprocessor design, renewable energy, process engineering, and electromagnetics. He couples this with keen business acumen in marketing, fundraising, and strategic partnerships to consistently deliver outsized results and stakeholder value. A high-integrity leader, Allen brings an entrepreneurial spirit, strong work ethic and commitment to positive global impact to all his endeavors.
