After four long years entrapped within the walls of Steveston-London Secondary School, Allen is finally entering his long awaited senior year and is overjoyed to serve as the External Vice Chair for STRIVE 2027. After entering the world of case competitions through STRIVE’s 2025 iteration, with a Canva slide deck, a group of friends equally inexperienced, and what could only be described as way too much confidence, Allen quickly became drawn to solving real-world business problems. Since then, he has continued exploring entrepreneurship, strategy, and public speaking through case competitions while learning from like minded students along the way. This year, Allen hopes to bring new voices and perspectives from the business and technology industries to STRIVE while helping create an engaging and meaningful conference to all attendees. Outside of business, Allen can be found giving out the cleanest haircuts in Vancouver, hiking with friends, or fueling his Buldak addiction. Allen looks forward to meeting this year’s attendees and helping make STRIVE 2027 a place to connect, grow, and keep striving for more.