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title: "Zoom Room Taps Don Allen to Lead Franchise Operations Innovation in 2025"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/47e7e828-eb15-45fc-aa10-62cb4f27a734
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20250130_zoom_room_taps_don_allen_to_lead_franchise_operations_innovation_in_2025.html
category: "Fitness"
industry: "Fitness"
topics: ["Operations"]
published: 2025-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T18:18:56.461Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/brands/social/zoomroom.jpg
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# Zoom Room Taps Don Allen to Lead Franchise Operations Innovation in 2025

**TL;DR:** Zoom Room has appointed Don Allen as Vice President of Operations to lead franchise operations innovation. Allen brings over three decades of franchise operations experience from various health and wellness brands, including Orangetheory Fitness and KidStrong.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2025-01-30. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20250130_zoom_room_taps_don_allen_to_lead_franchise_operations_innovation_in_2025.html).*

## Story

Los Angeles, CA.– Zoom Room has named Don Allen as the brand’s new Vice President of Operations. In his new role, Allen will spearhead the company’s operations and pave the way for sustained growth and achievement across the national franchise system.

Allen brings more than three decades of franchise operations experience, having excelled on both the franchisor and franchisee side of several premier health and wellness brands.

He got his start in franchising with Orangetheory Fitness, where he served as CEO of an area developer group in Florida. Allen personally built eight franchise locations from the ground up and helped develop 20 additional units before the group was sold to private equity. During this time, Allen was responsible for increasing net income by 700 percent over five years.

Allen also recently built out 32 fitness franchises of another notable fitness brand and is an investor and area developer with KidStrong, a child development training center franchise.

“I see a lot of similarities between Zoom Room and Orangetheory in terms of their commitment to excellence and unique market position,” said Allen. “I am excited to join a brand that has created something truly distinctive in the pet training space.”

“Don’s experience and passion will be invaluable as we concentrate on elevating the success of our franchisees and solidifying Zoom Room’s position as a leader in the pet industry,” said Zoom Room CEO Mark Van Wye.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Fitness (sector)
- executive appointment (topic)
- franchise operations (topic)
- Orangetheory Fitness (company)
- KidStrong (company)
- Zoom Room (company)
- Mark Van Wye (person)
- Don Allen (person)
- pet training industry (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20250130_zoom_room_taps_don_allen_to_lead_franchise_operations_innovation_in_2025.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/47e7e828-eb15-45fc-aa10-62cb4f27a734).