Allen Chen currently serves as Chief Technology Officer for Fanatics Collectibles. Prior to joining Fanatics, Allen was a Managing Director and Partner / Chief Technology Officer for BCG X, the technology build and design division of the Boston Consulting Group, focusing on large-scale analytics and AI/ML solutions for clients in the retail and healthcare space. Prior to joining the consulting world, Allen co-founded several companies, including DataBlade and CloudPress. CloudPress was sold to NewsCorp in 2014 and DataBlade was sold to BCG in 2018. Allen started out his career as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon and received his BS in Computer Science from the University of Washington.