About Skydio
Our Mission
is to make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous flight.
Breakthrough AI 10 years in the making.
Our founders met as grad students at MIT in 2009 where they helped pioneer autonomous drone technology. After MIT they helped start Google’s Project Wing. Skydio was founded in 2014 and in 2018 we launched R1 which was widely regarded as a breakthrough in autonomous drones for consumers and as a platform for commercial development.
Skydio products are the result of over a decade of R&D by world experts in drones, AI, and computer vision.
Nothing on earth flies like a Skydio.
Our products are designed, assembled,
and supported in the USA.
We take our responsibility as America's leading drone manufacturer seriously. We design, assemble, and support our products in the U.S. We develop our software in-house and source our processors from U.S. companies. That enables us to provide a high level of supply chain security and serve as a trusted partner to government customers.
The result is a homegrown aircraft that reflects the best of American innovation, trustworthiness, and craftsmanship.
Executive Leadership
Adam Bry
CEO
Two decades of experience with small UAS, starting as a national champion R/C airplane pilot. Part of award winning research program at MIT that pioneered autonomous flight for drones. Co-founded Google[x]’s Project Wing. Author of numerous technical papers and patents. MIT’s TR35 list for young innovators. BS, Olin College. MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Abe Bachrach
CTO
Led award winning autonomous flight research program at MIT, starting in 2007. Co-founder and technical lead at Google Project Wing. Experience across computer vision, machine learning, system architecture, and vehicle design. Co-author of numerous technical papers and patents. BS, UC Berkeley. MS, PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Callan Carpenter
CRO
Callan comes to Skydio with over three decades of leadership experience in the aerospace, semiconductor and engineering software industries. His past roles include the VP of Digital Twins at Unity, and the VP of Global Named Accounts and VP of Global Services at Autodesk. He holds a private pilot license and both a BSc in electrical engineering and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.
Macario Namie
CMO
Macario brings over 25 years of experience in leading Marketing and Strategy teams in Silicon Valley. He has supported enterprise software solutions at diverse companies such as Cisco, WebEx, Jasper Technologies and ASAPP. He earned his BA from UC Berkeley, is Part 107 certified and is a private airplane pilot.
Brendan Groves
VP, Policy and Regulatory
Nationally recognized expert in aviation, technology, and national security policy. Former Associate Deputy Attorney General at U.S. DOJ, where he led and scaled DOJ’s drone program and served on the FAA committee that oversaw the integration of drones into the national airspace system. Former U.S. Air Force officer and private pilot. BS, Pepperdine University. JD, Yale Law School.
Alden Jones
VP, Product
Founder of American Tower's UAS program, responsible for digitizing portfolio of 40,000 US tower assets with 175 pilots. Experience with large scale technology proofs of concept, training, implementation and support. Former US Army Captain.
CJ Johnston
VP, Hardware Ops
An operations and hardware development leader with over 20 years of experience in robotics and consumer electronics, with a career that spans managing multi-billion-dollar programs in Big Tech to building early-stage startups. Former Honda, Apple, 3DRobotics. BSME, Ohio State. MBA, University of Chicago.
Ryan Reading
VP, Software Engineering
Ryan Reading has over eighteen years of experience working in high-tech engineering for enterprise IoT, cloud and network security solutions. Reading joins Skydio from Samsara where he has been VP of Engineering and more recently VP/GM of Fleet Safety. Previously, he led Cisco Meraki's MX security team where he focused on advanced network security and spent several years in the Intelligence Community designing high security communication systems. Reading graduated from Missouri S&T University with his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.
Ben Thompson
VP, Hardware
Hardware development leader specializing in complex, vehicle-scale products. Managed Model S and X electrical integration and autopilot mechanical engineering at Tesla. Space vehicle design at Northrop Grumman. BS, University of California at Santa Barbara. MS and MBA, University of Southern California.
Anna Wiesenthal-Birch
VP, People
Seasoned people operations executive. Former Chief of Staff of Cisco’s Security Business Group, where she drove a high performing executive team and oversaw a range of initiatives. Served as Vice President of People Operations for OpenDNS, scaling the team from 25 employees to over 400 while maintaining unparalleled employee retention and culture. BA, California State University, Chico.
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