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Paul Raley has been developing electronics for 37 years. Before founding Audality, Paul founded Paul Raley & Associates, Inc., a product design consulting firm that developed a wide range of products that includes wireless devices for the oil and gas community, wireless satellite transceivers, a wireless stereo turntable, and a robotic food processing system.
Paul previously served as a Board Member and Senior Vice President of Marketing for ESP, an electronics design firm that developed cable set top products for Arris and Scientific Atlanta. He also served on the board of directors for Coscomm Aerospace, where he was Chief Technical Officer.
Prior to that position, Paul was International Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Kitcomm, an Australian company that launched a constellation of satellites for satellite-based asset tracking systems. From 1991 to 1999, Paul was Director of Strategic Business Development for Scientific Atlanta, where he built joint ventures with Iridium Satellite, Orbcomm, GE Americom, Alcatel, and National Semiconductor.
Paul started his career as an engineer for military electronics giant Loral Electronics in 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia, before moving to electronics startup Cross Systems, Inc. He spent his first eleven years developing aircraft electronic counter measure and electronics intelligence systems for the F-16, B-52, EP3 Orion, and the Nimrod.
Paul holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Physics from Brescia University, and an Associate’s Degree in Engineering Technology with a minor in Physics from Brescia University.
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About Your Host
Joey Kline is a Vice President at JLL, specializing in office brokerage and tenant representation. As an Atlanta native, he has a deep passion for promoting the economic growth and continued competitiveness of communities in and around Atlanta, as well as the Southeast as a whole.
He has completed transactions in every major submarket of metro Atlanta, and works primarily with start-ups, advertising/marketing agencies, and publicly-traded companies. With a healthy mix of tenacious drive and analytical insights, Joey is a skilled negotiator who advises clients on a myriad of complex real estate matters.
With a strategy and business development background, Joey is first and foremost a pragmatic advisor to his clients. Most recently, he was the Director of Business Development for American Fueling Systems, an Atlanta-based alternative energy company.
While at JLL, he has become a member of the Million Dollar Club, and has built a reputation as an expert on the intersection of transit-accessibility and urban real estate. With intimate involvement in site selection and planning/zoning concerns, Joey approaches real estate from the perspective of the end user, and thus possesses a unique lens through which to serve his clients.
Joey holds a Master of Business Administration from Emory University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a founder, board member, and the treasurer of Advance Atlanta, and also sits on the Selection Committee for the Association for Corporate Growth’s Fast 40 event. In addition, he is a member of CoreNet and the Urban Land Institute. Finally, he is part of LEAD Atlanta’s Class of 2019.
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