Michael Hill

Michael Hill is Altia’s VP of Engineering, managing Altia’s product development, engineering services and technical support teams. Michael leads Altia’s experienced, highly specialized team of embedded systems graphics developers, designers and software architects. Michael’s critical mission is to deliver targeted software to a wide and constantly changing landscape of microprocessor hardware. Quality is paramount to Altia’s customers and thus Michael’s teams are ASPICE driven and will continue driving upwards to the highest certification levels achievable.

Michael started his career as a software engineer writing C, C++ and Ada code for telecommunications, DoD and Aerospace projects while working at MCI, Hughes Aircraft and Lockheed Martin. He then moved into management positions and began leading rapidly growing teams toward high quality product releases. Following his work at Lockheed Martin, Michael spun-off and co-founded Systems Integration Software, an embedded system and performance test company. He also co-founded Xaware, an enterprise integration software company, and led engineering teams at Millennium Engineering.

Michael earned his B.S. in Geophysical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, where he developed his software engineering education as applied to broader engineering disciplines. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).