Allen is a consulting architect with a background in enterprise systems. His current obsessions are IoT, Big Data and Machine Learning. When not chained to his desk he can be found fixing broken things, playing music very badly or trying to shape things out of wood. He runs his own company specializing in systems architecture and scaling for big data and is involved in a number of technology startups. 

Allen is a chartered engineer, a Fellow of the British Computing Society, and a Microsoft MVP. He writes for CodeProject,  C-Sharp Corner and DZone. He is also a ball throwing slave for his dogs.


PhD Artificial Intelligence     2022 (expected) - University of Reading
MSc Artificial Intelligence     2019 - U.Cork, Ireland.
Data Science/machine Learning		2016..8 – EDX/Microsoft professional certifications
Diploma Technology & IP Law		2016 – Law Society of Ireland 
Fellow - BCS				2013 – British Computer Society
Chartered Engineer (CEng)		2012 – Engineering Council (UK)
MSc Informatics (distinction)		2010 - University of Central Lancashire
Cert - Data Protection			2009 – Computer Society of Ireland
PG Dip Project Management		2005 – UCC / Institute of Project Management