Robert (Rob) C. Martens is the Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation & Design Officer (CIDO) at Allegion plc, a global provider of security products and solutions headquartered in Dublin, Ireland ( In this role, effective December 5, 2019, he leads strategic partnering, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), innovation, design, and corporate development efforts to support the company's growth strategy ( Martens also serves as Allegion’s futurist, founder of the direct-to-consumer innovation engine Pin & Tumbler Studio, and president of Allegion Ventures, the company’s corporate venture capital fund ( He currently serves on the boards of VergeSense and Mapped, with prior roles on boards including Yonomi, Idenhaus, and TechPoint ( As of October 25, 2024, he owned 7,104 shares of Allegion plc (ALLE) stock valued at approximately $930,624, following a sale of 8,035 shares (

Martens joined Allegion in 2014 as futurist and director of connectivity platforms, advancing to vice president of strategy and platforms ( Previously, he was corporate CIO at Carpenter Technology Corporation and CIO for Ingersoll Rand’s Security Technologies Sector, with experience across industrial, aerospace, government, transportation, education, medical, and energy sectors ( A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a Division I athlete, he holds certificates from Harvard Business School in digital leadership, organizational transformation, and M&A, and multiple patents in IoT and Pin & Tumbler Studio ( Based in Carmel, Indiana, he is married with three children and volunteers with Habitat for Humanity (

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