James Howard

James is a mechatronics engineer, roboticist and entrepreneur. He is recognised by Forbes 30 Under 30, and draws on a diverse background across the unmanned systems industry, and previous ventures. James worked at Boeing and Insitu Pacific on computer vision research for drones such as the Scaneagle. At Spire Global, he helped build and launch their first four commercial satellites, seeing first hand the insides of a successful, highly technical aerospace startup. Additionally, in his first year of university he co-founded AniRevo Events as Director of Sales and has helped it grow successfully to a 14,000+ attendee annual event that is expanding globally.

Dr. Alejandro Galindo

Alejandro gained expertise at France’s INRIA institute, known world-wide for its expertise in computer vision. After years of cutting edge research and after finishing his PhD he joined the initial team of a French startup where he successfully led the development of its core product and built his R&D team of scientists and engineers from fields like computer vision, physical simulation, rendering and computer aided design. At Iris, he built the core of our technology and he is now leading the R&D team on taking that solution to the next level, making it more robust and expanding its capabilities. For his work on autonomous drones at Iris Automation he received the MIT Innovators Under 35 Award at the end of 2017.

Gabrielle Wain

Gabrielle is a specialist in public policy development and international government relations. After supporting Ministers in the UK Government, Gabrielle moved to advise multinational companies on global policy issues affecting their businesses. She has led the political strategy for a large trade association, cutting through red tape and securing $10bn investment for the 1,000 businesses she represented. At Iris, Gabrielle is leading the company’s work to make BVLOS flights a reality for our customers. Her team engages with governments around the world, and is shaping policy and standards at both the national and multi-national level. She is also building out Iris’ offer to customers around BVLOS waiver writing.

Mark Genung

Mark has a Masters degree in Systems Engineering and a BSME.  He served in the US Navy for 30 years as a Surface Warfare Officer where he commanded two warships, and employed and coordinated crewed and unmanned aircraft for a variety of missions including maritime security.  Mark is a FAA qualified private pilot and remote pilot.  An enthusiastic recreational radio control pilot since 2002, he started his post-naval career in the commercial sUAS industry in 2012.  He was a founding member of HAZON Solutions where he served as Chief Pilot and Chief Engineer responsible for developing procedures, integrating aircraft, training and leading sUAS flight crews that conducted precision infrastructure inspections of high voltage power transmission lines, railroad bridges and telecommunication towers.  In 2016, Mark joined Flirtey, one of the world’s first drone delivery companies as the Field Operations Manager.  While at Flirtey, Mark executed the first FAA approved shore-ship-shore drone deliveries, the first FAA approved business to home deliveries in the US, and the first CAA approved Dominos Pizza drone deliveries to homes in New Zealand.  Mark is responsible for the safe and efficient testing of Iris Automation’s Casia DAA technology on our fleet of drones.

Jason Hardy-Smith

Jason Hardy-Smith is a proven Product Management executive with 20 years of experience defining and driving product strategies and roadmaps in technology industries.  Jason has owned the end-to-end product lifecycle of successful first-to-market products for companies including Oracle, Blueroads, Brightidea and Isomorphic Software.  He has built efficient, scalable, global product organizations from the ground up.  

Before starting his product management career, Jason was a software developer and received his Bachelor of Electronic & Electrical Engineering from the University of Glasgow.

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