Drone Industry Advisory Council

David Krause

Co-Owner, Influential Drones

Dave Krause, is one of the co-founders of Influential Drones. He is a certified project manager, world traveler and an accomplished software architect with more than a dozen industry certifications. Having over 20-yrs of specialized technology experience, Dave is qualified to lead projects in the following sectors: transportation, commerce/banking, infrastructure and construction. He is a member of the FAASTeam (FAA Safety Team) where he travels the country educating and promoting aviation safety. Dave sits on the NBAA's Emerging Technologies Committee. The committee maintains a focus on: unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), urban air mobility (UAM), unmanned traffic management (UTM), commercial space, other future technologies and associated infrastructure that will integrate into the National Airspace System (NAS). Dave contributes to the FAA's Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) as a member of TaskGroup 8 (Safety Culture) for Small Commercial.

He is a founding member of Aviation Influence, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes aviation and STEM initiatives globally. When not working, adventurous, creative, enjoys reading and loves to learn. Dave is active in the philanthropic space, especially in the areas of wildlife conservation and aviation history.

Kimberly Penn

Founder and CEO, Professor Drones

Kimberly Penn is the President of Professor Drones and an industry recognized drone related Subject Matter Expert (SME). She consults with agencies and organizations that directly support the Oil & Gas, Public Safety, Real Estate & Construction, and the Warehouse/Manufacturing related sectors. Kimberly has provided inspection and security-related drone consulting services to organizations looking to launch or enhance existing drone programs. Kimberly Penn or the High Tech Maven also founded the first woman owned technology consulting firm (Webtropolis) in the State of Texas over 27 years ago. She has extensive HIPAA Security experience, Health Information Management (HIM), Internet of Things (IoT), and Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH) experience. Currently, she has clients in greater Houston, thirteen states, Washington-DC, Canada, Mexico, Poland, and Dubai. She has worked on technology and security-based projects with budgets in excess of $30 million+. Kimberly earned a double-bachelors from Houston Baptist University, a M.A. in Sociology from University of Houston, and a M.P.S in Technology Management from Georgetown University.

Ted Parisot

Co-Founder, Helios Visions

Ted Parisot is the Co-Founder and CMO of Helios Visions -- a Chicago-based, professional drone services company helping clients throughout the United States. Helios Visions provides aerial data collection (videos, photos, building project/site inspection, façade images, event footage) to many types of organizations including developers, façade inspection companies, event organizers, building and property managers, as well as commercial film productions. As one of the few companies with nationwide FAA waivers, including § 107.29 (daylight operation) and § 107.39 (operation over human beings), Helios Visions places paramount emphasis on safe and legal drone operations. Mr. Parisot’s 20 years of experience as a technology, digital marketing, and photography professional has led to Helios Visions becoming one of the leading drone service providers.

Stuart Bullard

Chairman & CEO, Fly Air Inc.

Stuart is the Chairman & CEO of Fly Air Inc , Partner of Studio10-4, Bermuda’s Board of Information and Technology Advisor, and Advisory Board Member at Tanjo (artificial intelligence). Stuart is a music producer, writer, and composer fluent in 13 instruments who brought the “Pittsburgh Sound” to the music scene in the mid 90’s. He achieved multi-platinum record sales through collaborations with top recording artists Dr. Dre, Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Ne-Yo and many more. Maintaining his passion for music and production, Stuart owns a high-end professional recording studio in Los Angeles. Stuart is concurrently a multi type-rated commercial pilot and a UAS remote pilot. He has a deep understanding and expertise in various aircraft technologies including unmanned aircraft systems management, full stack app development, and video game publishing. After becoming a pilot; Stuart combined these interests as a leader in executive level autonomous systems solutions at DreamHammer Inc. He also spends quality time mentoring students of all levels in music, aviation, unmanned systems, and various blockchain technologies with a focus on sustainable passion based learning.

Robert Dahlstrom

Founder and CEO, Apellix

Bob is the founder and CEO of Apellix™ which provides software-driven aerial robotics platforms to paint, coat, clean and test, in situations where until now, humans have done the work at physical risk to themselves. A serial entrepreneur, Bob is passionate about designing and creating software-controlled robotic systems that keep people out of harm’s way and save lives.

Bob is an FAA certified drone Pilot, a business mentor for “Startup Quest’, “Startup Weekend by Google for Entrepreneurs”, and a volunteer at startup accelerators. He is also a former college professor at Florida State University, and a marathon runner.

Pharns Genece

CEO, USOG

Pharns Genece is CEO and Founder of Unmanned Systems Operation Group, a pioneering logistics solutions company specializing in unmanned systems and secure drone delivery missions.  The company’s autonomous systems are integrated with a next-generation electric delivery truck, which features a control center for an unmanned aerial vehicle operator and an auto-launch and recovery system located on the vehicle’s rooftop.  Pharns is a former US Air Force Medevac with 18 years’ experience as a highly trained flight nurse, certified to administer critical and emergency care for patients during flight rescue operations.

Formerly an Audio Engineer and Technical Lead at The Walt Disney Company in Anaheim, CA. Pharns’ interest in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles goes back many years.  He has integrated and flown numerous UAV platforms.  He is a graduate of the MiraCosta College UAV/ROV Operators and Technicians program, an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot, holds an FAA Daylight Waiver for night operations, and is a TOP Certified Pilot and a member of the FAA Safety Team.  Phans has combined his medical and technical skills with a passion for UAVs and founded Unmanned Systems Operations Group. The company recently embarked a pilot project to deliver prescriptions from a pharmacy to customer’s at home.

Probyn Thompson III

President & CEO, Office Air Probe LLC

Probyn ‘Probe’ Thompson has over forty years of demonstrated experience in planning and executing operations globally for both military and private sector business operations. Probyn retired from active duty service in the US Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel after completing over twenty-three years as a fixed wing combat aviator, Squadron Commander, Military Attaché, USAF Weapon School Instructor Pilot, and Air Liaison Officer (ALO) to the US Army. Probyn deployed to Afghanistan to lead flight operations as a UAV Detachment and Mission Commander, embedded into a US Army Combat Brigade to supporting military combat operations. He then returned to work in the UAS industry for four years before founding Air Probe UAV (APUAV).

Air Probe UAV specializes in providing remote aerial services and academic instruction to assist clients in establishing a FAA Part 107 qualified UAV drone flight programs. APUAV has trained students in high school, college, to adults in Public Safety professions at the North Carolina Justice Academy.

Probyn’s formal civilian education includes: Bachelor’s from the University of Miami, Florida; Masters of Aeronautical Science (MAS) from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Grad Certificate, ‘Community Preparedness and Disaster Management’, UNC-CH; and FAA Certificates: Private/Commercial Pilot (manned) and the Remote UAS Pilot certificate