Dr. Mark Allen

Dr. Mark Allen

Dr. Mark Allen is a Progress General Manager, dedicated to advancing business automation and passionate about applying technology to improve the world. In 2000, he founded Corticon, later acquired by Progress in 2011. Under his leadership, Corticon became a leading independent business rules platform with hundreds of customers in diverse industries such as financial services, government, healthcare and insurance. Prior to founding Corticon, Dr. Allen developed rules-based systems to help physicians make better patient care decisions. Dr. Allen has a B.S. in Applied Physics from Columbia University, and an M.D. from the University of California Los Angeles.

Articles by the Author

Digital Transformation Poised to Make its Mark on Health and Human Services Agencies
Dr. Mark Allen recently authored an article in the June issue of “Policy & Practice,” the magazine of the American Public Human Services Organization. One byproduct of the Affordable Care Act is the forced modernization of supporting software applications to conform with mandated changes...
Law Firms Could Disrupt the Industry with Business Rules
Dr. Mark Allen says business rules software has the potential to automate much of the work that law firms do today.
Failing Healthcare Exchanges Need Better Decisions
Managers of struggling state healthcare exchanges have much to learn from successful states; Progress Corticon would be a decision in the right direction.
Reigning in Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Government Spending
Just-released news from the Washington Post about the Department of Veterans Affairs violating federal...
What is a Business Rules Engine?
The co-founder of Progress® Corticon® explains why you should care about business rules engines.
5 Reasons to Adopt a Business Rules Management System
In this article, previously published in Business Solutions Magazine, Dr. Mark Allen presents the five business benefits of business rules engines.
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