Richard Allen is an Oracle veteran and founder of Flowquest, the company behind the Enterprise Edition of Flows for APEX. He specializes in workflow and process automation using Oracle APEX and is one of the principal architects and developers of Flows for APEX, the open-source BPMN 2.0 workflow engine for APEX used by organizations around the world. Richard is a two-time Oracle alumnus. In the 1990s, he led security development for Oracle7 and Trusted Oracle7. More recently, he contributed to Flows for APEX and APEX Human Tasks as part of the Oracle APEX Development Team. Now based in London and Singapore, Richard leads the ongoing development of both the open-source and enterprise editions of Flows for APEX through Flowquest, supporting customers building process-driven applications on the Oracle APEX platform. He has lived and worked in the UK, US, and Asia.