•BS in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech
•MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Michigan
•Worked as an engineer for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, supporting autopilot and flight controls design for 5 years before taking leave to get a PhD at the University of Tokyo
•PhD thesis: “Failure-Tolerant Control and Vision-Based Navigation for Hexacopters”
•3 additional years as an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, developed a new drone autopilot and continued developing non-GPS navigation for drones
•Joined ACSL as CTO in 2017 and introduced vision-based non-GPS navigation to ACSL drones
•Oversaw development of 7 new drone platforms that have been brought to market since joining ACSL