Quincy L. Allen is president of the Production Systems Group at Xerox Corporation. He was named to this position in October 2004. He is also a vice president of the corporation, appointed in December 2004. Allen is responsible for the company's $5 billion global production business that offers high-end systems, software and services for the graphic communications industry, including production publishing, transaction printing and enterprise-wide printing. He directs Xerox's efforts to leverage the complementary power of digital printing in the offset printing market, targeting key growth opportunities such as just-in-time printing, customized printing and on-demand book publishing. Since joining Xerox as an electrical engineer in 1982, Allen has held senior technical and management positions in areas such as supply chain, sales and marketing, and product development. In 1999, Allen was appointed vice president, Worldwide Customer Services Strategy. In 2001, he was named senior vice president of North American Services and Solutions. Prior to his current role, he served as senior vice president in Xerox Business Group Operations, where he was responsible for the organization's cost-competitiveness initiatives. Allen earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Rochester.