Thomas Allen

Summary

With over 20 years of progressive engineering leadership and project/program management experience, I am a VP Engineering at Tantalus Systems, a leading provider of smart grid solutions. I have a PMP certification, a CSP certification, and an Advanced Project Management Certificate from Stanford University. I have a proven track record of managing multiple complex simultaneous projects, programs and initiatives involving internationally distributed teams, leading international departmental reorganization, developing and implementing process adoption/change, coordinating cross-site technology ownership transition, and delivering innovative new products. I am a hands-on leader skilled at leading ideation efforts, aligning execution with strategy, and building consensus. I have a broad range of skills and experience in enterprise software, product data management, operational excellence, customer facing product and service portfolio management, product development management, internet enabled real time industrial process control, process modelling, data security, and network security. I have vast international experience with 8 years as an expatriate in addition to working with teams from Bulgaria, India, China, Israel, Poland and UK. I am focused, enthusiastically dedicated and highly motivated to drive engineering excellence and innovation at Tantalus Systems. I have co-founded 2 companies and joined 1 other early-stage start-up, where I contributed to the development of cutting-edge technologies and solutions, such as the automated image data acquisition and labeling system and the IR face recognition feature in the iPhone X. I am passionate about agile methodologies, data science, and frontend web development, and I have pursued specialization and certification courses in these fields.