Los Lunas, New Mexico

Kevin has been a DroneU Elite Pilot since the beginning in 2018. Kevin was invited to judge the DroneU Videography event at both the first Drone U Fly-In(2016) and the second in 2018. He has had the...Read More

Aerial Photography

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Kevin has been a DroneU Elite Pilot since the beginning in 2018. Kevin was invited to judge the DroneU Videography event at both the first Drone U Fly-In(2016) and the second in 2018. He has had the great experience of instructing many types of pilots from beginner pilots, construction pilots, fire department personnel and swat teams to mention a few. Kevin is the owner and operator of Sky King Images which was established in 2015. He began work involving flying residential real estate, which progressed to commercial real estate photography and videography. In 2019, he signed his first large contract for construction progression footage of TopGolf Albuquerque, with the contract lasting one year. In 2020, he signed his second construction progression contract, with a contractor building an Amazon Distribution facility. The contract was for multiple weekly flights for two years. In the fall of 2020, he signed another one year construction progression contract for the same contractor building a second Amazon Distribution facility. In 2021, he signed his third one year contract with the same contractor building a third amazon facility. All of these contracts provided him the opportunity to fly many missions; mapping, still photos, videos along with interior photos and videos. Kevin has over 800 flight hours in the last three years alone. In addition, he had contracts to map multiple cell towers in the greater Albuquerque, NM area. He has contracts with ranchers to provide mapping and agriculture spraying in multiple states Read Less

Canal Winchester, Ohio

Jason Flakes, President & CEO, is a distinguished designer and award winning architectural photographer based in Columbus, OH. His educational training from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and...Read More

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Jason Flakes, President & CEO, is a distinguished designer and award winning architectural photographer based in Columbus, OH. His educational training from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University has helped him establish the prolific multi-media company, Nomoi Design, in 2008. Jason has traveled internationally in partnerships with clients like the NFL Network, International Hotel Group, Rand Construction, Target, and Hilton to photograph a wide array of hotels, buildings, restaurants, and other sites in aerial photography, time-lapse projects, virtual tours, and HDR stills. Jason established Visual14 in 2017, an exclusive collection of exceptional photographers that provide full photography and videography production services nationwide. Read Less

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

In 2017, PJ co-founded and became Vice President of Drone Operations of Terra Vigilis Security Group, an airspace security company dedicated to enhancing the safety of the airspace from unwanted UAV...Read More

Drone Mapping: Comprehensive Photogrammetry

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In 2017, PJ co-founded and became Vice President of Drone Operations of Terra Vigilis Security Group, an airspace security company dedicated to enhancing the safety of the airspace from unwanted UAV intrusions around critical assets. In 2018, PJ Co-founded Loc8, a software technology company that develops image-scanning software to search for people and objects on the ground based on color and other characteristics of the person or object. In 2021, PJ joined Menet Aero, a manufacturer of tethered Unmanned Aircraft Systems used to enable rapid aerial intelligence for government and critical infrastructure. Along the way, PJ has carried out numerous complex drone missions setting new benchmarks in the drone Industry, including search and rescue operations, various mapping engagements, and infrastructure inspections, just to name a few. Involvement in critical drone projects... PJ was the officer in charge of managing the first FAA-sanctioned use of drone detection equipment at a general aviation airport in Wisconsin. He also demonstrated the capabilities of WhiteFox Defense Technology solutions to Federal Government Agencies, Law Enforcement, and critical infrastructure facilities across the US. He Conducted Research and Development flight testing on new tethered drone systems. Having participated in ANTX (Advanced Naval Technology Exercise) - Coastal Trident 2021, PJ assisted with the demonstration of the takeoff/landing of tethered drones on a moving ship. He was the Remote Pilot in Command of a tethered drone system flying at an elevation of 11,000 feet MSL (200 feet AGL) for ten consecutive hours for the 2020 PPIHC Race. PJ is among the few drone pilots in the United States with an incredible depth of knowledge in mapping, modeling, search and rescue, and inspections. PJ has been one of Drone U’s Elite Pilot Instructors since the group's inaugural event back in 2018. He is the on-camera instructor for Drone U’s Construction Mapping and Cell Tower Mapping online classes. In addition, he’s trained over 1,200 students across the US in data acquisition, post-processing data for mapping deliverables and 3D models, and advanced UAS flight maneuvers. As the Executive Director of Drone U Elite, PJ was responsible for managing Elite Pilots and training hundreds of remote pilots on aerial data acquisition for mapping and modeling, drone flight mastery, and conducting search and rescue missions with UAVs... He trained NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) on the M600 Tethered Drone System and authored the corresponding operators’ checklist. PJ has contributed his knowledge and expertise to help government and private organizations to practice safety and security. As a FAASTeam Representative with the FAA, he volunteers his time actively promoting safety and helps educate Remote Pilots by presenting at aviation safety seminars hosted throughout Wisconsin. He has presented at over 20 conferences and seminars as an FAA Safety Representative, conveying safety principles and practices while establishing partnerships and encouraging the continual growth of solutions to enhance the safety of the National Airspace System. Read Less

Loveland, Colorado

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Meridian, Idaho

Born and raised in Boise, ID Tom has been flying UAS commercially since December 2016. Tom had been aware of drones but had not thought of using them for anything other than recreational use. That is...Read More

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Born and raised in Boise, ID Tom has been flying UAS commercially since December 2016. Tom had been aware of drones but had not thought of using them for anything other than recreational use. That is until a tumble off of a ladder during a roof inspection in October 2016. At this point Tom knew there had to be a better, safer, and quicker way to get the data needed to make actionable decisions. Using his experience in the insurance industry, Tom was able to develop an internal drone program for a predominate carrier in the state of Idaho. The program quickly grew form a single unit to multiple deployable platforms around the state. Using his decade of claims experience Tom was able help and integrate UAS in a scaleable way into the insurance claims handling process. To date, Tom has handled thousands of claims and inspections using drones and is currently working on developing more in-depth solutions to implement a variety of UAS platforms, softwares, flight procedures, and machine learning for carriers, contractors, and anyone wanting to add inspection work as a vertical to their business Read Less