Eric Allyn spent most of his career at Welch Allyn, a 101-year old medical device manufacturer owned by the Allyn family, employing 2,800 people worldwide. Welch Allyn is ubiquitous in patient care worldwide, with its instruments used in virtually every US hospital and physician office, as well as in nearly every country in the world. Eric worked in a variety of positions, ultimately becoming Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Voting Trust.