Don Allen

biography

Don Allen is the Founder and a Partner of the firm and directs the Sales, Marketing and Support Practice focusing on senior executive level searches. Mr. Allen has been in the executive search industry for 27 years beginning his career as a recruiter with Stewart/Laurence Associates. He was responsible for business expansion in the Metro NY region for 13 years specializing in the placement of executives in the telecommunications, computer, word processing, graphic arts and office automation industries. In 1982, Mr. Allen founded D.S. Allen Associates specializing in the high tech and communications industry. The focus of Mr. Allen’s work was the design and development of internal national recruiting organizations for his clients and the recruitment of senior level executives including the positions of President, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. D.S. Allen Associates’ scope has expanded to include searches on a national and international basis for Fortune 500 clients, Management Consulting firms and IPO’s. A partial list of clients throughout Mr. Allen’s career include: Lucent Technologies, AT&T, Digital Equipment, Loral, Time Warner., Dow Jones, Kodak, Xerox, Dell Computer, Excaliber Technologies, Verizon, Rare Medium, Scientific Atlantic, General Electric, ComStream, France Telecom, Seagate, KPMG, Cambridge Technology Partners.