Allen Jones, Director of Procurement
A seasoned procurement professional and an integral player on the VBS team, Allen Jones has spent his career leading organizations and teams in commercialization efforts, intellectual property management, and consulting with foreign firms to help them understand the US federal R&D system.
Serving both public and private sector clients, Allen’s nvaluable military background with the Army and the Defense Logistics Agency led him to positions in project management and analytics, handling inventory data for government and military assets worth over $100 billion. A natural segue into the federal marketplace, Allen acquired many strategic contacts throughout his years as Executive Vice President and Program Manager responsible for business development and recruitment, leading to many opportunities to expand his reach.
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True talent can’t be limited. Allen’s diverse and far-reaching expertise has also created quite an impact in facilitating the commercialization and transfer of intellectual property for federal, university, and private sector clients. A well-connected expert in federal sales and R&D funding, Allen has consulted for many global companies seeking funding for emerging technologies for foreign-based firms.
Specializing in emerging technologies, Allen has over 10 years’ experience successfully helping small businesses enter the federal sector. His proven track record of delivering ROI for IT and logistics system implementations includes the federal marketplace (DOD, DHS) and worldwide clients, and his work has resulted in data accuracy improvements for assets worth over $10 billion.
In addition to having developed, delivered, and led training and commercialization programs for such clients as the Department of Defense, Homeland Security and other federal agencies, Allen has developed and presented a university course on entrepreneurship. His understanding of clients from a variety of backgrounds makes him a highly valued resource to any organization, team or project.