Allen Mills has over 30 years of experience in strategic business planning, general management, management consulting, operations management, and project management. Mr. Mills is involved in all aspects of bluecrane's business. He has personally led efforts in Quality Assurance, Independent Project Oversight, Project Management, Requirements Development, Hazard Mitigation, and Emergency Operations Plan development.

Mr. Mills has significant experience working with Public Sector clients, having spent 15 years with TRW and 2 years with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) focusing on government work at the federal, state, and local levels, prior to founding bluecrane in 2001. Over the years, his clients have included Cabinet-level State officers, State CIOs, agency heads, state IT project oversight boards, and project managers of very large development and implementation efforts.

Mr. Mills is a Project Management Professional (PMP), certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI). He has a rich history of project management experience in the Public Sector. Mr. Mills has managed projects for the State of California, the State of Washington, the State of Oregon, the County of Hawaii, Riverside County, Imperial County, San Luis Obispo County, Contra Costa County, the City of Rancho Cucamonga, the City of Hemet, the City of Temecula, the City of Avalon, the City of Olympia (Washington), and other government jurisdictions. All of these projects have been managed using the principles of PMI’s PMBOK. Mr. Mills has led assessment efforts for the State of California’s Health and Human Services Agency Data Center, the California Governor’s Office, the State of Oregon Employment Department, and many others.

In addition, Mr. Mills has extensive commercial experience. Prior to founding bluecrane, Mr. Mills was the chief operating executive for an $8 million IT technical services firm that provides staffing and permanent placement services in the Information Technology field for about 50 clients in energy, entertainment, insurance, healthcare, and other industries. Mr. Mills developed a business plan to expand the firm's project staffing line-of-business, working with large systems integrators and outsourcers such as IBM, EDS, SAIC, and Getronics.

Prior to that position, Mr. Mills was Vice President and manager of the largest competitor to Dun & Bradstreet's commercial credit reporting operations. He led a $40+ million business unit devoted exclusively to business credit and direct marketing. Mr. Mills' business unit provided lenders with information, credit scoring models, and credit scores on businesses and their owners. Functions within the 140+ personnel organization included information technology, product development, marketing, sales support, product fulfillment, and data acquisition. Mr. Mills was responsible for developing both the unit's strategic business plan and the technology plan to support the business plan, and ultimately was responsible for the implementation and execution of the plans. Total revenue growth in Mr. Mills' last fiscal year was on-track to exceed 15%, including business-to-business (B2B) marketing product line growth in excess of 100%. The business operations under Mr. Mills direct management handled extremely sensitive data. Data privacy, security, and integrity were essential elements of the success of Mr. Mills' business unit.

Mr. Mills is past President of the Aquatic Foundation of Metropolitan Los Angeles (AFMLA), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing aquatic opportunities for inner-city youths in the greater Los Angeles area.

Mr. Mills holds a JD degree from Loyola Law School, an MBA degree from UCLA, and a BS degree in mathematics from the University of North Carolina.

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