Michael D. Allen is the Director of Engineering Technology at Burns & McDonnell Engineering, Inc. He has worked in the engineering industry for more than 30 years.Michael currently manages over $30 million of investments in engineering technology and is responsible for maximizing the value gained and minimizing overhead. His team manages more than 200 software vendors across all disciplines of engineering and several strategic accounts like Autodesk, Aspen Technologies, Inc., Bentley Systems, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) and Hexagon.His recent efforts are focused on modernizing the engineering experience by promoting the use of cloud hosted systems and SaaS solutions. These strategies are helping Burns & McDonnell save millions in software licensing, infrastructure, administration, and labor.Michael has led the Engineering Technology team at Burns & McDonnell since 2012. This year, Michael plans to shift his focus on developing strategies for engineering data management , engineering design automation and engineering data analytics for reducing risk and predicting project performance.