Christopher W. Allen

Overview

Christopher Allen has served as our chief operating officer since August 6, 2007. Mr. Allen most recently served as vice president, product strategy, design, and marketing for Blockbuster Online. Prior to Blockbuster, Mr. Allen served as vice president of product strategy and marketing at Yahoo! Music. Mr. Allen joined Yahoo! Music in 2004 with that company's acquisition of Musicmatch. From early 2000 to 2004, Mr. Allen served as senior vice president of marketing and strategic planning at Musicmatch. Prior to early 2000, Mr. Allen was a co-founder and head of product marketing and strategic planning at Kablink, an online photo service company. Previously, he spent more than 10 years in product management at pioneering companies AT&T and NCR working on data warehouse decision support, predictive analysis, and business intelligence/CRM initiatives. Mr. Allen received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, an M.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from the University of San Diego.