AtlasIED Names Kim Porter Director of Mechanical Engineering to Advance Product Development
Phoenix, AZ – Wednesday, September 28, 2022 – AtlasIED, a global electronics manufacturer providing comprehensive audio, communications, and security solutions for commercial markets, expanded its engineering team with the hiring of Kim Porter who will serve as Director of Mechanical Engineering. Porter is the latest addition to AtlasIED and will help design and deliver the company’s new audio and security hardware products.
With more than 20 years’ experience in mechanical engineering, product design, and leadership, Porter is responsible for creating and managing new product conceptualization. Reporting to Vice President of Engineering, Simon Broadley, she will be instrumental in leading AtlasIED’s mechanical engineering team as they focus on new product development.
“I’ve known Kim for a number of years and she is one of the finest engineers I’ve worked with in my career,” said Simon Broadley, Vice President of Engineering. “She has deep experience in the overall product process and knows what it takes to take new products from conception to development to delivery. She is an exceptional talent, and we look forward to her leadership in helping us advance and grow our product portfolio.”
In addition to many years in the commercial audio industry, Porter has designed and led engineering for hundreds of products and earned more than 25 patents during her career. She founded the product engineering consulting firm, HatchOne, where she executed over 50 product development programs for a variety of companies that needed engineering expertise.
Porter has served as Advanced Product Engineer for a small team of NIKE top product creators charged with pioneering new processes, materials and technologies for future product use. She began her career at ILC Dover as a Mechanical and Project Engineer where she designed concepts for the next generation Shuttle Space Suit gloves.
“I am excited to join AtlasIED at such a pivotal time for the company and the industry,” Porter said. “AtlasIED has an incredible roadmap of new products that will address customer challenges such as creating more enjoyable experiences and improving safety. I look forward to helping design and bring these products to market.”
To learn more about AtlasIED, visit https://www.atlasied.com.
About AtlasIED
AtlasIED has been a recognized leader in the pro-audio industry for over 85 years, developing innovative audio solutions for a wide variety of commercial environments. The company’s diverse, comprehensive, and ever-evolving solutions cater to the high-quality audio and communication technology needs of markets globally, including transportation, healthcare, corporate, industrial, government, hospitality, education, and house of worship. Technologically advanced, expertly engineered, and highly marketable, AtlasIED’s products and systems deliver mass communication, high intelligibility announcements, IP-based visual and audio communications, distributed audio, background music, paging, and sound masking solutions to commercial projects of every size and scope, including those which are mission-critical. Family-owned, the company’s nine locations and a well-established network of experienced manufacturer representatives and distributors throughout the world ensure exceptional customer support and service to drive continued growth and advancement of the commercial audio industry.
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