ATW Companies Hires Business Development Chief

ATW Companies Inc., a provider of engineered metal manufacturing, appointed Tracy MacNeal as corporate director of Business Development. MacNeal will be responsible for coordinating and managing the strategic direction of the entire organization through sales and marketing efforts.

With 15 years of experience, MacNeal has worked with organizations ranging from startups and Fortune 500 clients in a range of industries, including medical devices.  She is a chemical engineer with an MBA from Duke University.

Most recently, MacNeal served as partner and vice president of Business Development for Praxis Technology, a privately held medical device company, where she was responsible for driving strategy to generate profitable revenue growth in all therapeutic and technology portfolio areas.
She previously served as president of MacNeal Consulting, where she focused on technology development for new products in a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-regulated environment.

“I am excited to bring Tracy MacNeal on board to serve as the voice of the market throughout our entire organization, playing a role of paramount importance in developing strategies in operational and engineering areas, in addition to sales and marketing,” said Peter Frost, ATW’s president and CEO. “She will help ATW Companies adopt imaginative and sophisticated approaches to help us achieve success in today’s business environment.”

ATW Group companies include Judson A. Smith Company, located in Boyertown, Pa.; Parmatech Corporation, in Petaluma, Calif.; Parmatech-Proform Corporation, in East Providence, R.I.; and A.T. Wall Company, located in Warwick, R.I..