After graduation, Allen was recruited from Hobart College to the state of Minnesota by the IBM Corporation, where he served as a marketing representative and product manager from 1985-1993.
Allen co-founded Total Solutions Group, a technology integration company with headquarters in Minneapolis, Minn. Total Solutions Group was recognized as the second fastest growing privately held company in the state of Minnesota by City Business Magazine in 1998 and Allen was recognized as one of the top 40 executives under age 40.
He was instrumental in the creation of TSG University (now MTI), a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching high technology to minorities and disadvantaged youth.
In 2005, he and his sister Vickie Allen founded TeamPact. The company is aimed at improving the dreams of men of color. Its objective is to compete head to head with dysfunctional street alternatives (i.e. drugs, gangs, crime, teen pregnancy, etc.) for America's young men of color by providing recognition through financial and in-kind rewards for high levels of academic and extracurricular performance.
Allen serves on the board of directors of the Greater Minneapolis YMCA, Catholic Charities of the Twin Cities and Greater Minneapolis Big Brothers and Big Sisters. He is also a devoted member of the Young President's Organization, the International Honor Society in Economics for Hobart College and the Rites of Passage Leadership Program for the Development of African American Men who are seniors in high school. Allen is currently the president of the Hobart and William Smith Afro-Latino Alumni and Alumnae Association.
Allen was the recipient of the 2001 Young President's Organization Legacy Honor, the 2001 Edina Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Business Award, the Spokesman Recorder Newspaper's 1997 Community Service Award in recognition of the creation of TSG University and was a 1999 Menttium 100 Featured Mentor.
He resides in Prior Lake, Minn. with his wife.
Contribution: Chief Executive Officer of TeamPact
Hometown: Prior Lake, Minn.
College Activities: Deans List, Four Year Varsity Winner in Football, one of the first African American students in the history of Hobart College named to the International Honor Society of Economics
Major: Economics, Minor in Religious Studies and Sociology
Other Education: Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management (MBA)