Kenji Sugahara

An attorney and a national expert on uncrewed systems, Kenji Sugahara is the director of the Oregon Department of Aviation. Kenji is a member of the FAA’s Advanced Aviation Advisory Committee and has served on several AAAC task groups as well as several FAA Aviation Rulemaking Committees including the Remote ID and BVLOS ARCs. He is a regional director for the National Association of State Aviation Officials and a member of the Drone Safety Team. Before the Oregon Department of Aviation, he served as Chief Pilot for A-Cam Aerials, a media company, as well as the co-founder for the Drone Service Providers Alliance, a 501(c)6 that represents over 35,000 small and medium-sized drone businesses throughout the United States.