David Allen graduated in 1992 with honors from Purdue University earning a Bachelors degree in Fine Art and an Associates degree in Technical Graphics. After graduation, he accepted a Multimedia Instructional Designer position at Purdue University, and in 1996 became the Director of the Multimedia Resources Center for the School of Pharmacy at Purdue . In 2003 he earned a Masters degree in Fine Art from Purdue and continued to work in education focusing on instructional graphics and interactive media. In 2009, David Allen accepted his current position as an Educational Technologist for Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP) where he works with faculty to asses their instructional technology needs and manages the Student Training program which helps to train other students on campus how to use the computer lab tools for instructional needs. David M. Allen received a 2005 Indiana Arts Commission Grant for his work with digital imagery and storyline progression. His work has been exhibited at the 2005 International Digital Art Awards and the 1992 SIGGRAPH art exhibition. He has had graphics work published in Science, Computer Artist Magazine, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, AV Video, and The Journal of Organic Chemistry. Also, Allen has coauthored several computer-based instructional applications that are used at Purdue University and other universities around the world.