Kay Adams Balla

Kay Adams Balla has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. From 2022 to the present, they work at Carbon as a Business Development Director, responsible for developing new business opportunities. Prior to that, from May 2022 to December 2022, they worked as a Business Development Manager at Carbon.

Before joining Carbon, they worked at The Keystone Group as a Consultant from April 2020 to May 2022. In this role, they provided consulting services to clients.

From March 2019 to April 2020, Kay worked at PolyOne as an Account Manager for PolyOne Specialty Engineered Materials. Prior to that, from February 2017 to April 2020, they held the position of Business Development Manager at PolyOne Advanced Composites.

Kay's career started in 2014 when they interned at Boeing as a Composites Fabrication Intern. Kay worked on the development and testing of prototype manufacturing equipment. In the same year, they also interned at Kimberly-Clark as a Global Nonwovens Research & Engineering Intern. Here, they focused on product testing and improvement.

In 2015, Kay interned at Alcoa as an Additive Manufacturing Intern, where they handled engineering tasks and worked on quantifying the material properties of 3D printed metal.

In 2016, they returned to Alcoa as an intern, this time as an Alloy Technology Intern. Their responsibilities included evaluating developmental alloys and collaborating with technicians and engineers.

Overall, Kay Adams Balla has a strong background in business development, consulting, and internships in manufacturing and engineering roles.

Kay Adams Balla has a Bachelor's Degree in Materials Science and Engineering with a concentration in Polymer and Fiber Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Kay also has a minor in Engineering & Business from the Denning Technology & Management Program.