Allen has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama and has worked in automation for nearly 20 years. He has worked with system integrators and OEMs, creating applications in the automotive, material handling, food processing and packaging, printing and machine tool industries.. When he started at Rexroth, he worked in. application engineering for 8 years, specializing in motion control system design and programming. For the last two years, he has been the US product manager for control products at Rexroth, focusing on Connected Industry solutions for Rexroth automation products.