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Allen Square

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Chief Executive Officer/Chairman of the Board at Gulf Coast Crane & Peak Lifting Solutions
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Allen Square is a multi-company CEO and founder with deep expertise across technology, consulting, and engineering. A former CIO for the City of New Orleans and a Wharton MBA graduate, he now leads Square Button, a firm focused on data-driven project management. His career highlights include senior roles at PosiGen and Bain & Company.

He is deeply committed to civic engagement, serving on the board of the National Conference on Citizenship and The Idea Village, a Gulf Coast startup accelerator. His community involvement includes supporting organizations like the New Orleans Startup Fund and Operation Spark. Allen is passionate about clean energy and creating equitable opportunities.

Unique fact: A key mission of his company, Square Button, is to create job and ownership opportunities for young African-American men and women.

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Experience
32 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer/Chairman of the Board
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Civic Technology
As former CIO for New Orleans, he was part of a White House 'Tech Team' and focused on using tech to improve citizen-government interaction. He is a board member at the National Conference on Citizenship.
Minority Empowerment
His company, Square Button, has a stated mission to create jobs and ownership opportunities for young African-Americans and supports other minority-owned businesses.
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Career

Work history

2022
Chief Executive Officer/Chairman of the Board
Gulf Coast Crane & Peak Lifting Solutions
2018 - 2022
CEO
GH Mechanical and Services, LLC
4-2014
Chief Executive Officer
Square Button
4-2014 - 10-2015
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer
PosiGen
2010 - 4-2014
Chief Information Officer (CIO) - Information Technology and Innovation
City of New Orleans
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Education
2003 - 2005
MBA
The Wharton School
MS
Southern Methodist University
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