Allan is an outcome-driven, people-oriented leader recognized for developing and executing pragmatic strategies that drive growth, improve efficiency, and control risk. He serves as Connecticut’s Health Information Technology Officer within the Office of Health Strategy, a role appointed by Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman to build and implement statewide health information exchange and analytic services and to develop and coordinate the implementation of a state-wide health information technology (HIT) strategy.
Previously, Allan served as SVP & Chief Information Officer (CIO) at John Hancock Financial Services with oversight of the company's technical teams. In this role, he introduced mobile computing and the first company-wide customer data repository. As a catalyst for change, he created shared services and optimized vendors, generating millions in free cash flow to reinvest in new functions and capabilities.
Allan joined John Hancock from AIG Consumer Finance Group where, as CIO and Operations Executive, he led the effort to reposition autonomous banking and lending operations into a more integrated global platform to enable significant expansion. Previously, he was SVP of IT for Bank of America Commercial Finance.