The Transition Companies

Mike has over 20 years of investment banking and international middle market M&A experience. His vast advisory experience includes M&A, recapitalizations, corporate finance, corporate restructure and exit planning. Mr. Allen has built a reputation for his turn around consulting and strong work ethic with an exceptional ability to forge and maintain major client relationships.

Prior to joining The Transition Companies, Mr. Allen was a senior managing partner of RMA Consulting, a boutique North American middle market firm. During his tenure, Mr. Allen was directly involved in the execution of over 400 client transactions including M&A, recapitalizations and opinion of value from diverse industries such as IT, pharmaceutical, aerospace, manufacturing, distribution, energy and oil & gas. Previously, Mr. Allen was a managing director of McGladrey Capital Markets, a subsidiary of H&R Block. Previously Mr. Allen served as managing partner of DTF Management, a private equity group specializing in technology based companies (Diversified Technology Fund I, II & III). Prior positions include managing director of Intercontinental Equities, an NASD (FINRA) registered broker-dealer where he held a series 22 & 63 securities license. Prior to that Mr. Allen was president of Aspen Acceptance Corporation, a financial services company.

As an entrepreneur, Mr. Allen founded and operated three companies in the consulting, distribution and technology sectors. Mr. Allen was CEO of Bitfield Technologies, LLC which was the parent company of Bitfield, OY based in Helsinki Finland. Bitfield Technologies was a leading developer of hardware & software for the videoconferencing arena. Mr. Allen acquired and recapitalized the company implementing a complete turnaround of the company and then sold it to a public European company.

Mr. Allen attended the University of Colorado and earned his post Business Management Certification at the University of Colorado.