Skydio Dock and Remote Ops Keynote

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.