Kirby brings almost two decades of management, science, and writing experience to Atlas. Kirby is a biologist and writer by training, and currently a bit of a jack-of-all-trades as he manages the daily activities of Atlas' office and operations. As the president, clients and partners will find Kirby to be their first point of contact at the company and an organizational collaborator on nearly every project. When he’s not busy keeping the trains running on time, Kirby is usually somewhere in the world watching birds, writing about birds, or photographing birds.

Mark is a technology evangelist with a passion for helping client teams find innovative solutions that are effective and practical. He has worked with universities, local, state, and federal governments, private corporations, and agriculturists large and small all around the world. He currently chairs the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Application systems committee, sits on the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Pesticide systems (E35) committee, is a member of American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators (AAPSE), and the Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA)

With prior experience leading teams in high technology design and manufacturing, Nick brings a level of diversity in engineering, logic and problem solving in a down to earth way. From high tech to back yard agriculture, if there is better way to do it, Nick will find it.