Carnegie Mellon Names Jason Brown to Lead Software Engineering Institute

Nov 2, 2026
Jason Brown will become director and CEO of Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute on November 16, overseeing its software, AI and cybersecurity research.

Carnegie Mellon University names Jason M. Brown director and CEO of its Software Engineering Institute, effective 16 November, the university said in a press release. The institute is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the US Department of War.

Brown will oversee the institute's research, engineering and technology transition work in software, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. He will also set its strategy and represent it to federal sponsors and partners.

Brown currently leads government operations at Applied Intuition and previously led Google's professional services business for defense. He also held senior US Air Force roles, founded the Air Force Artificial Intelligence Accelerator at MIT and was a founding member of the Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.

Brown succeeds Paul Nielsen, who became the institute's director and CEO in 2004. Nielsen will remain involved during the leadership transition.

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