Andrea Blindenbacher
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English Full professional proficiency
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German Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Professional working proficiency
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Brock Ryder
I have had the pleasure of working with Andrea for over 6 & 1/2 years in senseFly where she joined as a training manager. During this time she was an integral part of senseFly´s success in navigating the startup phase of the business. Sales abilities & great products are only part of a companies success, the ability to support, train and guide customers through their purchase to achieve the best out of their equipment is something often not realised but is essential and moreover the larger part of a companies success. Andrea has always been focused on this customer satisfaction and well-being and tremendously helped senseFly in understanding their customer needs. During her last couple of years at senseFly I had the pleasure of having Andrea in my team where the goal was to develop a complete online platform for global training of our distribution and customers. This was successfully implemented and rolled out globally as "senseFly Academy". Clients now have the option to receive strong, standardised training on senseFly products in the comfort of their own place of work. The distribution are now able to maintain their knowledge far easier and senseFly also now manages to have a closer relationship to their end users. In the last 2 years I have also had the privilege to work beside Andrea in the non profit organisation "Drone Adventures" where Andrea is the president and I am the treasurer. This is a true passion to her and the progress she has made in helping other organisations and bringing Drone Adventures to the next level has been exceptional. Recently she presented to the Swiss NGO DRR Platform (Disaster Risk Reduction) and had Drone Adventures accepted to join the platform which is an excellent achievement. As a person she is passionate and driven to continually self improve and help others. I could not recommend her highly enough for any organisation.
Caroline Bailey, PhD
Andrea is a heavyweight team player and would be an asset to any team, being proficient in both hardware and software training & operations. I have had the privilege of working with her for 3 years during her time at SenseFly and DroneAdventures. I am sincerely impressed by her constant determination to improve client/ partner relations, develop the product she represents and general enhance the service offered by her company.
Matt Wade
Andrea was a pleasure to work with. She is a highly experienced geospatial expert, a natural-born teacher, and an organised, methodical project manager. She is also a modest, unassuming people person whom senseFly's clients and distributors, wherever they are around the world, have nothing but respect for. Did I mention she speaks a bunch of languages too? Any geospatially-orientated organisation would be genuinely lucky to have her.
Brock Ryder
I have had the pleasure of working with Andrea for over 6 & 1/2 years in senseFly where she joined as a training manager. During this time she was an integral part of senseFly´s success in navigating the startup phase of the business. Sales abilities & great products are only part of a companies success, the ability to support, train and guide customers through their purchase to achieve the best out of their equipment is something often not realised but is essential and moreover the larger part of a companies success. Andrea has always been focused on this customer satisfaction and well-being and tremendously helped senseFly in understanding their customer needs. During her last couple of years at senseFly I had the pleasure of having Andrea in my team where the goal was to develop a complete online platform for global training of our distribution and customers. This was successfully implemented and rolled out globally as "senseFly Academy". Clients now have the option to receive strong, standardised training on senseFly products in the comfort of their own place of work. The distribution are now able to maintain their knowledge far easier and senseFly also now manages to have a closer relationship to their end users. In the last 2 years I have also had the privilege to work beside Andrea in the non profit organisation "Drone Adventures" where Andrea is the president and I am the treasurer. This is a true passion to her and the progress she has made in helping other organisations and bringing Drone Adventures to the next level has been exceptional. Recently she presented to the Swiss NGO DRR Platform (Disaster Risk Reduction) and had Drone Adventures accepted to join the platform which is an excellent achievement. As a person she is passionate and driven to continually self improve and help others. I could not recommend her highly enough for any organisation.
Caroline Bailey, PhD
Andrea is a heavyweight team player and would be an asset to any team, being proficient in both hardware and software training & operations. I have had the privilege of working with her for 3 years during her time at SenseFly and DroneAdventures. I am sincerely impressed by her constant determination to improve client/ partner relations, develop the product she represents and general enhance the service offered by her company.
Matt Wade
Andrea was a pleasure to work with. She is a highly experienced geospatial expert, a natural-born teacher, and an organised, methodical project manager. She is also a modest, unassuming people person whom senseFly's clients and distributors, wherever they are around the world, have nothing but respect for. Did I mention she speaks a bunch of languages too? Any geospatially-orientated organisation would be genuinely lucky to have her.
Brock Ryder
I have had the pleasure of working with Andrea for over 6 & 1/2 years in senseFly where she joined as a training manager. During this time she was an integral part of senseFly´s success in navigating the startup phase of the business. Sales abilities & great products are only part of a companies success, the ability to support, train and guide customers through their purchase to achieve the best out of their equipment is something often not realised but is essential and moreover the larger part of a companies success. Andrea has always been focused on this customer satisfaction and well-being and tremendously helped senseFly in understanding their customer needs. During her last couple of years at senseFly I had the pleasure of having Andrea in my team where the goal was to develop a complete online platform for global training of our distribution and customers. This was successfully implemented and rolled out globally as "senseFly Academy". Clients now have the option to receive strong, standardised training on senseFly products in the comfort of their own place of work. The distribution are now able to maintain their knowledge far easier and senseFly also now manages to have a closer relationship to their end users. In the last 2 years I have also had the privilege to work beside Andrea in the non profit organisation "Drone Adventures" where Andrea is the president and I am the treasurer. This is a true passion to her and the progress she has made in helping other organisations and bringing Drone Adventures to the next level has been exceptional. Recently she presented to the Swiss NGO DRR Platform (Disaster Risk Reduction) and had Drone Adventures accepted to join the platform which is an excellent achievement. As a person she is passionate and driven to continually self improve and help others. I could not recommend her highly enough for any organisation.
Caroline Bailey, PhD
Andrea is a heavyweight team player and would be an asset to any team, being proficient in both hardware and software training & operations. I have had the privilege of working with her for 3 years during her time at SenseFly and DroneAdventures. I am sincerely impressed by her constant determination to improve client/ partner relations, develop the product she represents and general enhance the service offered by her company.
Matt Wade
Andrea was a pleasure to work with. She is a highly experienced geospatial expert, a natural-born teacher, and an organised, methodical project manager. She is also a modest, unassuming people person whom senseFly's clients and distributors, wherever they are around the world, have nothing but respect for. Did I mention she speaks a bunch of languages too? Any geospatially-orientated organisation would be genuinely lucky to have her.
Brock Ryder
I have had the pleasure of working with Andrea for over 6 & 1/2 years in senseFly where she joined as a training manager. During this time she was an integral part of senseFly´s success in navigating the startup phase of the business. Sales abilities & great products are only part of a companies success, the ability to support, train and guide customers through their purchase to achieve the best out of their equipment is something often not realised but is essential and moreover the larger part of a companies success. Andrea has always been focused on this customer satisfaction and well-being and tremendously helped senseFly in understanding their customer needs. During her last couple of years at senseFly I had the pleasure of having Andrea in my team where the goal was to develop a complete online platform for global training of our distribution and customers. This was successfully implemented and rolled out globally as "senseFly Academy". Clients now have the option to receive strong, standardised training on senseFly products in the comfort of their own place of work. The distribution are now able to maintain their knowledge far easier and senseFly also now manages to have a closer relationship to their end users. In the last 2 years I have also had the privilege to work beside Andrea in the non profit organisation "Drone Adventures" where Andrea is the president and I am the treasurer. This is a true passion to her and the progress she has made in helping other organisations and bringing Drone Adventures to the next level has been exceptional. Recently she presented to the Swiss NGO DRR Platform (Disaster Risk Reduction) and had Drone Adventures accepted to join the platform which is an excellent achievement. As a person she is passionate and driven to continually self improve and help others. I could not recommend her highly enough for any organisation.
Caroline Bailey, PhD
Andrea is a heavyweight team player and would be an asset to any team, being proficient in both hardware and software training & operations. I have had the privilege of working with her for 3 years during her time at SenseFly and DroneAdventures. I am sincerely impressed by her constant determination to improve client/ partner relations, develop the product she represents and general enhance the service offered by her company.
Matt Wade
Andrea was a pleasure to work with. She is a highly experienced geospatial expert, a natural-born teacher, and an organised, methodical project manager. She is also a modest, unassuming people person whom senseFly's clients and distributors, wherever they are around the world, have nothing but respect for. Did I mention she speaks a bunch of languages too? Any geospatially-orientated organisation would be genuinely lucky to have her.
Credentials
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Drone pilot license
Federal Office of Civil Aviation SwitzerlandOct, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
PRINCE2® Foundation Certification Training
PRINCE2.comJul, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
CPR/AED/First Aid
Schweizerischer SamariterbundJan, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Pix4Dmapper fundamentals
Pix4DJan, 2018- Nov, 2024
Experience
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X-Eye
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Switzerland
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Product
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Sep 2021 - Present
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Uhurunet
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Tanzania
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Advisor
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Sep 2022 - Present
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Drones For Earth
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Switzerland
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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President
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Nov 2018 - Present
Drone Adventures is a non-profit organization founded in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2013. We see drones & geospatial technology as a powerful and exciting tool that can be used to make the world a better place. Our goal is to demonstrate and promote mapping technology's great potential to protect our planet and support local communities. Drone Adventures is a non-profit organization founded in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2013. We see drones & geospatial technology as a powerful and exciting tool that can be used to make the world a better place. Our goal is to demonstrate and promote mapping technology's great potential to protect our planet and support local communities.
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senseFly, now AgEagle
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Switzerland
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Global Head of Training
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Jan 2020 - Jul 2021
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senseFly, now AgEagle
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Switzerland
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Manager at senseFly SA
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Jun 2018 - Oct 2019
Besides my training manager function at a global level, I took on some product management and solutions development tasks, especially in the client service and feedback section. In charge of collecting feedback, to structuring and to creating development items, I’d contribute to the continuous improvement of the senseFly system.
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Global Training Manager
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Oct 2014 - Oct 2019
Training clients and distributors on the use of mapping UAVs, from data acquisition flights to postprocessing the final map outputs. Discovering together with the client the best workflow for their application is a highly interesting exchange, creating on both sides understanding and knowledge. Previous work experience from academics, government departments, industries and non-profit organizations help to understand the various backgrounds and goals.
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sdis la mèbre
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cheseaux
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Volunteer fire fighter
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Jan 2016 - Aug 2017
Firefighter on the day emergency shift of the SDIS la mèbre in Cheseaux, on the night emergency in Romanel-sur-Lausanne. Firefighter on the day emergency shift of the SDIS la mèbre in Cheseaux, on the night emergency in Romanel-sur-Lausanne.
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Ecosafe Gunzenhauser AG
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Switzerland
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Civil Engineering
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager Team Lead
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Oct 2013 - Oct 2014
responsible of the project budget, coordination and assigment of tasks within the team, keeping the project on schedule and communicate progres and details with the clients. responsible of the project budget, coordination and assigment of tasks within the team, keeping the project on schedule and communicate progres and details with the clients.
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Intergraph
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Junior Application Engineer
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Feb 2013 - Sep 2013
Looking after support requests for the companies WebGis application as well as the desktop applications. Direct client support through e-mail, phone and online meeting tools. Customizations for the desktop application as well as for the WebGIS. Looking after support requests for the companies WebGis application as well as the desktop applications. Direct client support through e-mail, phone and online meeting tools. Customizations for the desktop application as well as for the WebGIS.
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Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Teacher
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Sep 2011 - Dec 2012
Teaching Physical Geography, Teaching Assistant in Remote Sensing, GIS (using ArcInfo 10), Statistics
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GIS Technician
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Sep 2010 - Jan 2012
Teaching and tutoring students in different subjects, like remote sensing, photogrammetry and webgis.
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CBC Television
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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400 - 500 Employee
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Translator
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Oct 2012 - Nov 2012
occasional translations (German to English) occasional translations (German to English)
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Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes
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Canada
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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Student Researcher
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May 2011 - Aug 2011
Terrain Analysis of DRC on identifying suitable locations for surveillance equipment using ArcGIS 10 platform. Terrain Analysis of DRC on identifying suitable locations for surveillance equipment using ArcGIS 10 platform.
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Intern
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Jan 2009 - Jun 2009
Prepared and implemented educational expeditions for adults and kids independently. Charted shorelines of rivers and assessed the impact of agricultural land use. Built a digital library of photographs and books accessible by keywords. Prepared and implemented educational expeditions for adults and kids independently. Charted shorelines of rivers and assessed the impact of agricultural land use. Built a digital library of photographs and books accessible by keywords.
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Intern
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Jun 2008 - Aug 2008
Studied and evaluated suitable locations for special facilities in the agglomeration of Basel using aerial photos and spatial analysis software. Created recommendations for handling community gardens at urban development sites. Studied and evaluated suitable locations for special facilities in the agglomeration of Basel using aerial photos and spatial analysis software. Created recommendations for handling community gardens at urban development sites.
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Education
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Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
Master with Honours, GIS and Remote sensing -
University of Basel
Bacherlor of Science, Health Sciences -
University of Basel
Bachelor's degree, Geosciences -
Air Fribourg
Privat Pilot License