Controlled Products, LLC, has hired Kevin Barker to serve as the corporation's Vice President of Marketing and Sales. In this newly created role, Barker will make a significant contribution toward leading the company's growth strategy and brand awareness across all four divisions of Controlled Products.

Sporturf hires Kevin Barker

Controlled Products, LLC, has hired Kevin Barker to serve as the corporation’s Vice President of Marketing and Sales. In this newly created role, Barker will make a significant contribution towards leading the company’s growth strategy and brand awareness across all four divisions of Controlled Products.


“Having Kevin join our leadership team in this highly critical role was a major win for the organization,” said Darby McCamy ,Vice President of the Sporturf division. “With his proven business acumen and strategic perspective, he will play an integral role driving our continued domestic and international expansion.”


Barker has over 25 years of expertise in sales, business development strategy and marketing. Most recently, he served as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Aacer Flooring LLC managing the sales and business development processes and overall strategy for the wood flooring company. He helped take Aacer through an entire rebranding and reorganization changing the company’s commodity based product offering to a value-add sales focused company. During his stint as Vice President of Business Development for Athletic Republic, Barker grew the business by 300% and helped develop an extensive network of new franchisees worldwide. Prior to Athletic Republic, he also worked as the Vice President of Sales for Connor Sport Court International where he was responsible for selling to the NBA and Division I, II and III colleges. Barker is a veteran with the United States Marine Corps, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona and performed graduate work at the University of Denver.


About Sporturf


Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Sporturf  (www.sporturf.com) supplies large and small customers alike with the widest variety of turf in the world. The company is a division of Controlled Products (www.turfmill.com), one of the leading manufacturers of synthetic turf worldwide. Sporturf has engineered synthetic turf fields for baseball, soccer, football, lacrosse and hockey programs in 30 states and the D.C. area. Notable installs have included Clemson University, Samford University, The Citadel, Detroit Silverdome and hundreds of high schools ranging from Beckman Catholic High School in Dyersville, Iowa to Grace Academy in Knoxville, Tennessee.