Estelle McGechie named CEO of Atomos after just four months with the company

Estelle McGechie, Atomi Chief Product Officer since joining the company in June 2021, faces a new challenge as CEO.

During her time at Atomos, McGechie has leveraged her international experience in product development and marketing to evolve the company’s focus on software platforms and services, a key strategic pillar for Atomos. McGechie’s promotion to CEO is primarily aimed at enhancing Atomos’ ability to meet its goals of growth by expanding into new verticals with hardware and software products.

During his career, McGechie has worked at companies such as The Walt Disney Company, Logitech E Mela. While at Apple, Estelle oversaw product development and marketing of video applications such as Final Cut Pro, Motion E Compressor. She was also involved in the development of Apple ProRes E ProRes RAW, XML, FxPlug E Workflow Extensions technologies. Most recently, Estelle was vice president of marketing at Frame.io, a cloud-based video collaboration platform that was acquired by Adobe in August 2021.

New goals for Atomos

Chris Tait, CEO of Atomos, justifies McGechie’s appointment, “Estelle quickly demonstrated to the board and her peers the ability to deliver on our strategy. Her signature collaborative style and rigorous approach to developing and bringing video technology products and services to market is a great fit for Atomos at this important stage of our strategic roadmap. We are thrilled she has taken on the CEO role and welcome her back home to Australia.”

Furthermore, Estelle McGechie says she is “excited” to “help drive the Company to new heights and further deliver on our vision.” “Our founder, Jeromy Young built Atomos into a global business with exceptional world-first video technology products and services. It’s an honour to lead this extraordinary organization alongside our dedicated employees, the executive team, the Board, and a community of customers who are so deeply committed to their craft. I look forward to bringing everything I’ve learnt from my international career home to Australia to continue our positive momentum.” says McGechie.