Mark Allen

Mark Allen is the General Manager of the Progress Corticon and Rollbase businesses, the leading low-code rules engine and application platforms. He founded Corticon in 2000, and led as CEO until Progress’ acquisition in 2011.

Dr. Allen has a BS in Applied Physics from Columbia University, and an MD from the University of California Los Angeles. During his medical training, he developed rules-based systems to help doctors make better patient care decisions. Frustrated with the shortcomings of existing rules technology, Dr. Allen founded Corticon with the vision to automate decisions with quality, scale and agility.

Under his leadership, Corticon became the leading low-code rules platform, bringing to market numerous patented inventions that enable agile automation in healthcare, financial services, and government.