David J. Allen

Biography

  Mr. David J. Allen, also known as Dave, has been Senior Vice President and General Manager of Lasers Division at Newport Corp. since May 2012 and March 2007 respectively. Mr. Allen served as Vice President of Newport Corp. since March 2007. Mr. Allen served as Vice President and General Manager for Fiber Optic Products Division at Avago Technologies Inc. From October 1999 to July 2006, Mr. Allen was employed by Agilent Technologies, Inc., a global provider of measurement and analytical instrumentation and Avago Technologies, Inc., a company which was formed in December 2005 by the spin off of Agilent's semiconductor products division. Mr. Allen has held a variety of sales and marketing positions prior to the spin-offs from Agilent Technologies in 2005. He served as Vice President and General Manager, Fiber Optics Products Division of Agilent Technologies, Inc. from April 2004 to July 2006, as Vice President and General Manager, Networking Solutions Business Unit from November 2003 to December 2005 and as Vice President and General Manager, Personal Systems Business Unit from November 2001 to October 2003. Prior to his positions with Agilent and Avago, Mr. Allen held various management positions at Hewlett-Packard Company from December 1984 to October 1999, including marketing and operations manager and semiconductor products marketing manager for Japan. Prior to joining Hewlett-Packard Company, Mr. Allen held various sales positions at General Electric Company. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University.  

Research Interest

 business