Mr. Porter is Executive Vice President of Scala, Inc., the world's leading platform for digital signage. With more than 15 years experience in the industry, he is widely regarding as a leading expert in the field of digital signage. He is responsible for product strategy and direction at Scala, and maintains and expands the critical external business relationships required to maintain Scala's leadership position in the Digital Signage industry.

As a passionate and dedicated member of Scala's senior management team since 1994, Mr. Porter has served the company as EVP, Business Development from 2003 to 2007, as President and CEO from 2000 to 2002 and prior to that as Vice President of R&D leading product development and establishing critical relationships with a number of larger strategic customers and partners.

Mr. Porter is a frequent speaker at industry events, is widely acclaimed as one of the Digital Signage industry's leading pioneers and evangelists and plays an active role in the industry and serves on the Board of Directors of POPAI, the global association for marketing at retail, and chairs their digital signage group. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the Digital Screenmedia Association, and is secretary for the association.

Prior to joining Scala, Mr. Porter was employed by Commodore International Limited, and was responsible for worldwide product development of the Amiga computer, the world's first multimedia personal computer. With dedicated tenure at AT&T Bell Laboratories and the Eastman Kodak Company, Mr. Porter has been on the forefront of the high-tech industry for his entire career. Mr. Porter received his bachelor's of science degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University and his master's of science degree from the University of Illinois.