Leadership

Allan brings more than 30 years of hands-on leadership experience successfully growing and operating companies, primarily as Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director, but also as Chief Operating Officer and Consultant. His scope of experience and expertise includes multi-site operations management, revenue growth, team building, turnaround management, and strategic planning.

Most recently, Allan held the position as Principal of Arm Executive Consulting, a management consulting firm where he led efforts to provide hands-on executive management to companies experiencing strategic issues and cash flow problems, and other general business issues.

Before forming ARM Executive Consulting, Allan served as the Managing Director of North America for Bilz Tool Company, Inc., a global leader in quick change tool holders for the metalworking and automotive industry where he was responsible for all aspects of its operations, reporting directly to its Advisory Board in Stuttgart, Germany. He successfully developed a new strategic plan to re-introduce Bilz products back into the American automotive industry.

For over 20 years he served as Vice-President of Operations for a privately held holding company in Boston, MA with responsibility for managing the operations of the 10 companies in the group including mini steel mills, coatings companies, office furniture dealerships, and other manufacturing companies. He also was involved in M&A, and served on the board of directors.

Allan attended North Central Texas College in Gainesville, Texas.