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Skydio Dock and Remote Ops Keynote

Posted Dec 06, 2022 | Views 13K
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Adam Bry
CEO @ Skydio

Adam Bry is co-founder and CEO at Skydio, the leading US drone company, and the world leader in autonomous flight. He has two decades of experience with small UAS, starting as a national champion R/C airplane aerobatics pilot. As a grad student at MIT, he did award winning research that pioneered autonomous flight for drones, transferring much of what he learned as an R/C pilot into software that enables drones to fly themselves. After graduating from MIT, Adam co-founded Google’s Project Wing. He has co-authored numerous technical papers and patents, and was also recognized on MIT’s TR35 list for young innovators. He currently serves on the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee.

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Alden Jones
VP, Customer Success @ Skydio

Jones is the VP of Customer Success at Skydio. Jones has fifteen years of experience in operations with large scale technology proofs of concept, training, implementation and support. He previously founded and led American Tower Corporation’s UAS program to digitize their portfolio of 40,000 towers with 175 pilots. Jones was a US Army captain and platoon leader during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and held field operations and services leadership roles at UTC and Pepsico.

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Ryan Reading
Head of SW Engineering @ Skydio

Reading has over eighteen years of experience working in high-tech engineering for enterprise IoT, cloud and network security solutions. Reading joins Skydio from Samsara where he has been VP of Engineering and more recently VP/GM of Fleet Safety. Previously, he led Cisco Meraki’s MX security team where he focused on advanced network security and spent several years in the Intelligence Community designing high security communication systems. Reading graduated from Missouri S&T University with his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.

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Corey Hitchcock
Utility Solutions Specialist @ Skydio

Corey joined Skydio as a utility solutions specialist in early 2023. Prior to Skydio, Corey led UAS Program Development and Operations with Southern Co. Aerial Services. Corey developed methods for operating drones across the nuclear, gas, and power verticals, notably flying one of the first UAS inspections on an operating nuclear reactor. At Skydio, he is developing dock based drone use cases for autonomous inspections as well as focused routine, event based, and security inspections for substations. These dock based inspections are focused on reducing the duration and frequency of outages, allowing for predictive based maintenance plans to be implemented.

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Aaron Chamberlin
Senior Transportation Engineer @ Caltrans
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Burcin Kaplanoglu
Vice President, Innovation, Oracle Industry Lab @ Oracle

Dr. Burcin Kaplanoglu is a recognized industry technologist, innovator, thought leader, keynote speaker. He is leading innovation and Oracle Industry Lab as co-founder. The Labs are designed to explore, test, validate technologies in the real world and provide immersive experiences. Industries include: Manufacturing, Construction and Engineering, Energy, Communications, Food and Beverage, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Hospitality, Public Sector.

He is recognized by LinkedIn Chief Editor as one of the “5 content creators to follow” on LinkedIn in 2022. He is Chair of the Board Committee at AI in Construction Institute (planning funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) and Discovery Partners Institute) since 2020. He was recognized as one of the “BuiltWorlds 2020 Mavericks” in the Technologists category and one of the 7 “AEC Innovators” by @BD+C magazine. He received CEGBU “Let’s build” award in 2020. He was named one of Engineering News Record (ENR)’s "Top 20 Under 40" in 2016. He is also an adjunct professor at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering. This is his personal account. Content published and broadcasted are solely in a personal capacity.

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Jenn Player
Sr. Director of Regulatory Affairs @ Skydio

Jenn Player is Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs at Skydio. Jenn collaborates with customers, regulators, and standards development organizations to advance autonomy and unlock safe and effective docked drone operations. With over 10 years of experience in uncrewed aircraft systems research, testing, and operations, Jenn’s early work to integrate drones into the National Airspace System led to the first long-range BVLOS civil flight in the continental United States. Prior to joining Skydio, Jenn founded Avineer LLC, a consulting firm helping manufacturers navigate the type certification process and helping enterprises gain approvals for BVLOS, teleoperation, and other complex operations. Jenn participates in industry working groups on BVLOS operations, detect and avoid technology, remote ID, airworthiness, and autonomy. She recently served as an industry working group lead on the FAA’s UAS BVLOS Aviation Rulemaking Committee. Jenn received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. She holds an FAA Remote Pilot certificate and a Private Pilot certificate with ratings in single-engine airplanes and gliders.

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Hayk Martiros
VP of Autonomy @ Skydio

Seasoned roboticist pushing the limits of visual navigation, 3D reconstruction, and real-time algorithms. Experience across drones, hexapods, robot arms, milli-scale robot swarms, and self-balancing motorcycles. BS from Princeton, MS from Stanford.

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SUMMARY

Picture a world where intelligent drones autonomously inspect every piece of infrastructure, including warehouses, cell towers, power plants, bridges and more.

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TRANSCRIPT

Picture a world where intelligent drones autonomously inspect every piece of infrastructure, including warehouses, cell towers, power plants, bridges and more.

Drones become indispensable at every worksite and fundamentally change their operations, reducing safety risks and costs. Problems are identified quickly without arduous and dangerous inspections. And they’re tracked automatically, so issues get resolved before costs add up.

This new way of working, where drones autonomously operate from anywhere, creates a safer, more efficient world.

Skydio is working tirelessly to make this new world a reality. And we’re excited to share how far we’ve come with Skydio Dock and Remote Operations.

Watch our exclusive event, Dock Day, as we share what we've been creating. Get firsthand perspectives on how we're solving some of the toughest challenges in AI with Skydio Dock and Remote Ops solutions.

Dock Day at a Glance:

  • Our CEO Adam Bry gives an update on our vision and progress in reaching it
  • Get a close look at the Skydio Dock and Skydio Remote Ops platform
  • Hear conversations from early customers and see the real-world performance of Dock operations at current sites
  • Hear from our regulatory leaders on how we make flying drones from a dock possible today
  • Watch a live Q & A with our CEO, Adam, and other Skydio leaders

Learn More About Skydio Dock & Become an Early Access Partner

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