President and Board Member

• Sep 2022 - Present

President and CEO

• Oct 2011 - Present

Founder of a engineering firm specializing in high capability small unmanned aircraft systems. With the help of an array of in-house designed plug and play technologies, Black Swift rapidly provides high capability systems to meet and exceed customer requirements. Founder of a engineering firm specializing in high capability small unmanned aircraft systems. With the help of an array of in-house designed plug and play technologies, Black Swift rapidly provides high capability systems to meet and exceed customer requirements.

Aerospace Engineering Advisory Board Member

• Oct 2018 - Present

Advisory Board Member

• Oct 2019 - Oct 2021

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Oct 2012 - Feb 2015

This work will provide the next step needed for effective, in situ sampling of severe storms. An investigation into the techniques for sampling storm features will to be performed, including improved wind estimation and the use of wind energy harvesting to extend unmanned aircraft sampling missions. The product of this fellowship will be combined with current efforts at the University of Colorado Boulder and University of Nebraska-Lincoln to construct a next generation UAS for meteorological sampling. These combined efforts will transform severe local storms research by providing a deployable instrument system for "routine" access into these storms with small, inexpensive aircraft capable of targeted sampling of the thermodynamic properties of complex atmospheric phenomena. Show less

Electronics and Software Engineer

• 2010 - Nov 2011

Chief electronics and software engineer for a small startup. Part of a team that designed a low cost (~$300) autopilot for use by the Air Force. Involved with flight testing and design of control algorithms during the development stage of the project. Chief electronics and software engineer for a small startup. Part of a team that designed a low cost (~$300) autopilot for use by the Air Force. Involved with flight testing and design of control algorithms during the development stage of the project.

Research Assistant

• May 2003 - May 2011

Worked as the primary software, networking and electronics engineer at the University of Colorado on multiple projects, the result of which lead to the creation of the Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV). Significant projects include the Ad hoc UAV Ground Network (AUGNet, http://augnet.colorado.edu), VORTEX2 UAS project (http://tornadochaser.colorado.edu/), and the creation of networking and service discovery software designed to support a variety of UAS applications. Was involved with over 300 flight experiments involving 5 different platforms. One of three primary authors on 62 different FAA certificate of authorization (COA) applications. Show less

Software Engineer

• Oct 2007 - Jan 2010

Founding member of small startup that attempted to bring together a large amount of social networking information into an engaging user experience while providing targeted advertisements. Participated in technical guidance of the company while also performing duties as a software engineer, designed applications for use with the iPhone and iOS. Founding member of small startup that attempted to bring together a large amount of social networking information into an engaging user experience while providing targeted advertisements. Participated in technical guidance of the company while also performing duties as a software engineer, designed applications for use with the iPhone and iOS.