PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Current

• Principal, Ryan, Houston office
  • Specializes in providing state and local tax consulting services for many Ryan clients in a variety of industries such as oil and gas, chemical refineries, manufacturing, and automated tax solutions.

Previous

• Executive Vice President, Sales and Use Tax Automation Services, national consulting firm
  • Mr. Allen spent six years leading the sales, delivery, and development of the sales and use tax practice.
• Sr. Tax Analyst, State and Local Tax, privately held oil and gas company.
  • Mr. Allen spent four years in the corporate tax department providing multistate audit defense, reverse audits, planning, research, and technology implementation in the refineries.
• Sr. Manager, national accounting firm
  • Mr. Allen spent more than four years with a public accounting firm providing multistate sales and use tax services to Fortune 500 clients.

PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Previous

• Supervisor, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Allen has lectured on various state and local tax topics while at a national consulting firm and in public accounting, and also conducted in-house training during his tenure in the industry. Additionally, he has appeared as a speaker for the following organizations:

• Institute for Professionals in Taxation
• National Association of Manufacturers
• Texas A&M Accounting Organization

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Institute for Professionals in Taxation
• Texas Taxpayer and Research Association

EDUCATION/ACCREDITATION

• Bachelor of Science Degree, Accounting, Corpus Christi State University (part of the Texas A&M University system)