Mark Allen

Mark Allen has been involved in the medical gas industry since 1978 and has been involved in virtually all aspects of medical gas work, including regulatory, testing and verification, product development, marketing, and education. He started out of university working in the verification of medical gas systems, transitioned to Ohmeda in 1985, and has performed various technical and marketing roles through Ohmeda’s transitions to Medaes, and now BeaconMedaes. Allen is V.P. of Medical Marketing for Atlas Copco Medical Gas Solutions Division. He has been an active member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committee on Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems since the 1987 edition. He is also an active member of the Canadian Standards Association Technical Committee on Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems and serves on the ISO/TC121/SC-6 working on the ISO 7396-1, among others.