Kim Blair, Ph.D.

Kim is Vice President of Business Development and the director of Cooper Perkins’ sports engineering practice group. He is also the founding Director of the Sports Innovation Program at MIT. Enabling innovation at the intersection of technology and sports, Kim has extensive experience utilizing advanced technologies to enhance all aspects of the sporting experience, leading the development of new products as well as technologies for sport performance analyses from early formulation of product concepts to final prototype design and testing. Many projects are award winning, including MIT departmental awards, conference best paper awards, and international IPSO Academic Challenge design awards. Kim’s work enjoys extensive media coverage, including features in Forbes, The Boston Globe, Outside Magazine, and GQ, and programs on CNN, The NewsHour, The Discovery Channel, NPR, and network affiliates. Born and raised in Nebraska, Kim earned a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nebraska, and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. In 2005, the University of Nebraska awarded him an Alumni Achievement Award.