Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Allen has worked across a range of sectors in the technology industry with a particular focus on the Enterprise Software, Internet, and IT Services sectors.  Notable transactions Mr. Allen has advised on include Xerox’s acquisition of ACS, Publicis Groupe’s acquisition of Razorfish from Microsoft, and Sapient’s acquisitions of The Nitro Group and Derivatives Consulting Group.

Before joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Allen worked as an Associate in Deutsche Bank’s Technology Group, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, and equity financings for a range of companies including Infosys, Ciena, WNS, Stratus Technologies, Allot Communications, and Interwise.

Mr. Allen received an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where he graduated as a Tuck Scholar.  He also received his B.E. from Dartmouth in Electrical Engineering, where he graduated with summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors.