Allan is a seasoned measurement and evaluation authority with a professional focus on helping organizations align, evaluate and enhance the impact of their learning investments. 

Allan is familiar to learning professionals for his national workshops, seminars, and speaking engagements on a variety of themes related to evaluation and workplace performance. He has presented to a range of organizations including: Harvard Business School Publishing, ATD International Conference & Expo, Training Conference & Expo, Conference Board of Canada, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Institute for Performance and Learning, and the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME). 

Along with Dr. Gillis, Allan has contributed to such landmark innovations in evaluation as the Quality Standards for Evaluating Multimedia and Online Learning (McGraw Hill 2000) and the more recent advances in evaluation thinking, the High Impact Evaluation™ model. These innovative paradigms give learning organizations more powerful and easy‐to‐use tools to evaluate the impact of their learning programs.