Samuel Allen

“I love technology and bringing products to market. Building strategy, addressing complex challenges and bringing clarity to ambiguous situations are my passions. I believe that a good leader brings probity, clarity, and agility to the table to resolve issues and to move the team forward - and that a leader does the right thing for the greater good, even in the face of personal sacrifice.”

Sam has been a CEO, COO, and board advisor. A former US Marine, he is loyal, dependable, and is proof that impregnable integrity is at the heart of success. Taking care of your team, your company, your advisors, and your shareholders is key. A strong steward of money, he deftly manages his partners and channels. Whether leading Marines in combat, successfully presenting business plans to VCs for funding, or creating more than 850 jobs through founding his first company, his career is marked by excellent judgment and the ability to succeed in the face of complex challenges.

Sam manages on a platform of experience forged in the Fortune 100 and honed in the start-up. Knowing that solving problems requires intellectual honesty and objectivity, he leads his teams through change by fostering strong collaboration, communication and healthy debate. He believes that a strong leader should be a knowledgeable one. He or she must be able to hold court across the functional disciplines. He also knows that being decisive is important; that victory does not go to the first to market but the first to market volume.

In order for people at all levels to make decisions, they must share common objectives. Sam is able to develop and convey the strategy and vision to all levels of the organization; he is equally fluent on a manufacturing floor as he is in a boardroom. He believes in process but not at the expense of operational flexibility. He knows that scale is your friend but that it can also bury you. He likes to say that “Fortune favors the prepared – so get prepared”.

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