Christopher Todd serves as the executive director of the Airborne International Response Team (AIRT®), a Florida-based non-profit, non-governmental organization that provides unmanned aviation capabilities to help people prepare for, respond to, and recover from complex emergencies and major disasters. He’s also the founder and president of Airborne Response®, a Miami-based provider of Mission Critical Unmanned Solutions® for government and industry. As if that wasn’t enough, Christopher is the Director of AUVSI Miami and participates as a member of many different aviation and governmental groups and associations.

Chris Forster is the Chief Operating Officer at Altitude Angel, an aviation technology company which creates global-scale solutions to enable the safe integration and use of fully autonomous drones into global airspace. Chris also has nearly 10 years of experience working for Microsoft within their Technical Services department. This episode uncovers how Altitude Angel is helping remote pilots around the world fly their drones safely.

As a self proclaimed "geek", Yariv Geller - Co-founder & CEO of vHive, shares his insights on his Israeli based company that enables organizations to make better decisions by acquiring, managing and processing field data using autonomous drone fleets.

With me on today’s show is Riley Beaman! Riley is the Director of the North Carolina Public Safety Drone Academy. As part of the Montgomery Community College in Troy, North Carolina - the Academy offers free classes for public safety agency members to help both fire departments and law enforcement agencies to develop drone programs, FAA certificated pilots and advanced flight skills for UAS pilots. This episode will uncover how Riley and his team are advancing safety initiatives within the drone industry and how he was able to develop a college-level drone curriculum.

Charles Werner is a retired fire chief for city of Charlottesville, VA and now serves as the director of Drone Responders Public Safety Alliance - a non profit program created to unite aerial first responders, emergency managers, and search & rescue specialists under a unified organization to help them learn, train, and test with on another with the ultimate objective of maximizing drone operations for public safety.

This episode will uncover just how drones are making an impact on the public safety industry and just how Charles has managed to create a thriving nonprofit drone organization.

https://www.droneresponders.org/

https://consortiq.com/

Troy Hittle is the North American General Manager for senseFly – a company whose proven drone solutions simplify the collection and analysis of geospatial data, allowing professionals in surveying, agriculture, engineering and humanitarian aid to make better decisions, faster. Troy is an Air Force veteran and has a storied background in program management, drone operations, and sales development.

In this episode you'll learn about:

- Troy's military experience and how he ended up with his role at senseFly

- How senseFly is able to accomplish its ambitious mission

- The revolutionary eBee fixed-wing drone and its amazing capabilities

- All of senseFly's product offering and how the company makes them all work together

- Hittle's viewpoint on where the industry is and his excitement for where it's headed

https://www.sensefly.com/newsletter/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/troy-hittle-03188877/

https://consortiq.com/

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Terryn Taylor is a UAS Instructor Team Leader with Emerging Technology Institute (ETI) – an innovative center purposed for drone development, testing, and training for emerging threats. Terryn is an Army veteran with 8 years’ experience as a UAV systems repairer and operator. In this episode I seek to uncover the fascinating role Terryn and his team at ETI serve within the drone industry.

In this episode you'll learn about...

- Terryn's background in the Army and how he found his way to ETI

- ETI's beginnings and its overall mission

- Training and testing operations conducted within ETI's massive facility

- The amazing team that makes the mission at ETI possible

- ETI's impact on the surrounding communities and the industry as a whole

https://www.linkedin.com/in/terryn-taylor-917bb5162/

https://eticommunity.com/

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Angad Singh is a Technical Sales Engineer and Trainer for Pix4D, an industry leader that provides an incredible photogrammetry suite for Drone mapping. This episode uncovers the impact Pix4D has made on the industry and how the technology continues to drive the industry forward each day.

In this episode you will learn about...

- Angad's journey to finding himself on the Pix4D team

- The amazing product offerings Pix4D has to offer

- Pix4D's newest upcoming software Pix4Dreact & why its a game changer for the drone industry!

- The story behind Pix4D and how drones became the products main driver

- Unique applications for which Pix4D can be used

- Why Pix4D can be used by anyone, regardless of their knowledge of how photogrammetry works

- ...and much more!

https://www.pix4d.com/product/pix4dreact

https://www.linkedin.com/in/angad-singh-981b50b5/

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Chris Anderson is an experienced drone pilot, drone flight instructor, and also a fellow drone podcaster! He’s an industry expert who, in the past 6 years, has worked with over 7000 students from around the world, providing instruction in everything from initial drone flight training, to real estate, mapping, modeling, public safety, inspections, construction, and more.

In this episode we’ll uncover…

- How Chris got his start within the unmanned industry and how drones propelled a newfound passion which led to his startup drone training business

- Some of the challenges that aspiring drone entrepreneurs may encounter while starting their own drone business

- The impact regulatory developments have on building cross-continental drone training solutions

- Chris’s Podcast – The Drone Trainer: how it started, it’s purpose, and the keys to its success

- Drone podcasts in general and the value they add to the industry

- Insights into what Chris is most excited for in the future of drones

https://thedronetrainer.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thedronetrainer/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drone-trainer-podcast/id1319123753

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Brian Leventhal has worked for the North Carolina State Highway Patrol for over 13 years and has recently integrated into a new role as a CoPilot/Rescue Systems Manager for the Aircraft Operations Unit. Incorporated within that role, and the department as a whole, is the innovative utilization of drones!

This episode will uncover...

- How flying drones ended up becoming part of Brian's role as a law enforcement officer

- The unique ways in which the North Carolina Highway State Patrol utilizes drones to investigate collisions

- What makes drones such a useful tool within collision reconstruction

- The challenges Brian and his comrades face when it comes to communicating the advantages of drones to the public

- His unique journey from unmanned to manned aviation

- The annual North Carolina Drone Summit & Flight Expo event and what makes it so special

- Brian's thoughts on where the industry is headed and his biggest takeaways thus far

https://www.ncdronesummit.com/home

https://www.ncdps.gov/our-organization/state-highway-patrol/about-state-highway-patrol

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-leventhal/

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