Drone Insights & Technology
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsFrank Segarra, Managing Director of Volatus Unmanned Services, hosts a podcast series that explores how commercial drones are being used right now to save time, save money, and keep workers safe. In each episode, we talk with thought leaders from a range of industries to share real-world drone applications for commercial use.
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Empowering Indigenous Communities Through Drone Technology
March 03, 2023 17:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBOverview: As the CEO of Indigenous Aerospace, Jacob Taylor's drive comes from his relentless pursuit to ensure indigenous people benefit from drone technology by providing education, equipment, and training that creates business opportunities and revenue from UAV services within local Indigenous communities. In this episode, Jacob discusses the many different ways drone technology can improve the quality of life within indigenous communities, which are located throughout the remote and spar...
Drone Photogrammetry Advanced Techniques and Applications
November 03, 2022 14:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBOverview Johnathan Smeh has had quite the journey throughout his nine years in the commercial drone industry, but drones weren't initially on the radar when he was pursuing a career in geography, GIS, and manned aircraft. n this interview, Johnathan talks through first discovering the drone industry, its evolving technology, and how it's shaped both his current work and what he hopes to work on in the future (hint: it's out of this world!). He also discusses unique piloting stories from th...
Capturing Drone Data Using Lidar Technology
August 23, 2022 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBMaude Pelletier was a geomorphologist working in the Yukon territories studying permafrost, generating precise high-resolution aerial images using photogrammetry to get elevation models and more. She tells the story of encountering the first lidar payloads for drones, and realizing how it could make a significant impact to her work. This led to founding a company that created new innovations in drone lidar technology. In this interview, Maude describes elements of lidar technology, compar...
How Drones are Being Used in Agriculture
June 08, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBIn 2017, Kirk Floyd combined his RC helicopter skills and a passion for horticulture and arboriculture to create a business within the emerging commercial drone market. In addition to those industries, he also has extensive drone operator experience in movies, media, commercials and as an inspection pilot. Additionally, he is currently working on drone research with the University of Maryland. In this interview, Kirk shares some great stories from the field, and how he used his ingenuity fo...
Advancing the Drone Industry Through Government Partnerships
May 24, 2022 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBDavid Heath turned a background in aviation into a career that connects the drone industry with public policy. As a founding member of the PA Drone Association, he regularly advocates for policies, regulations, and new initiatives to enable the drone industry to not only grow, but to benefit the public good. In addition to providing the drone community with access to government programs, he also helps legislators better understand the dynamics and nature of the drone business. He's also wor...
What's Hot In Drone Thermography
March 22, 2022 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBGIS Scientist and Level 3 Thermographer Jason San Souci takes us on an in-depth exploration of both the art and science of thermography. He walks through the three levels, and uses some great examples of how to combine measurements with experience to get the best outcomes. He also shares some great stories about his time in an Afghanistan combat zone, chimpanzee habitat mapping with Jane Goodall, neurodiversity in the drone industry, the potential positive impact of BVLOS, and much more.
The Value of Storytelling in the Drone Industry
February 10, 2022 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBDanielle Gagne talks about her new role as Chief Storyteller at Volatus Aerospace. She will be focusing on distilling drone industry developments and technical information into content that is understandable and usable by all. Danielle leverages her experience working at Commercial UAV News to connect with key players in the drone industry, determine where value is being created, and identify trends for the future.
Increasing Female Participation in the Drone Industry
January 14, 2022 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBAn entrepreneur and aviation enthusiast, Sharon founded Women and Drones, which is dedicated to driving excellence in the UAS/AAM industry. She shares how the organization empowers women to connect, collaborate and make global business connections. Sharon also discusses their new alliance, the “ConnexiCore Mentor Program – in Collaboration with Women and Drones”. The goal is to develop the business, technical and operational skill sets of newly-trained female drone pilots across North Ameri...
Advocacy and Education in the Drone Industry
November 18, 2021 22:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBDawn Zoldi of P3 Tech Consulting explains her journey from JAG lawyer for the U.S. Air Force to creating policies on domestic use of military drones in the U.S. national airspace. After winning the Woman to Watch and UAS Global award, she was inspired to create her company, P3 Tech Consulting. Dawn discusses that her primary focus is on education and advocacy about the drone industry, and offers insight on how today’s trends are impacting business.
How Veterans Are Finding New Opportunities In The Drone Industry
September 04, 2021 03:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBOur guest is Tanner Harris, President of Blue Nose Aerial Imaging, a Navy veteran and former airline pilot who not only started his own drone services business, but is committed to creating opportunities for others to start and run their own successful drone businesses, especially veterans. Tanner walks through how he helps people set up their business, streamline their operations, and create a customer base. He also stresses the value of networking, both for business development, and also w...
Drone Reality Capture Technologies For Construction Projects
August 31, 2021 03:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBDrone reality capture technologies, such as laser scanning and imaging, are helping a myriad of construction professionals such architects, building owners, general contractors, engineers and commercial real estate receive an accurate data set about their building projects. Join us as Jared Curtis, President of Existing Conditions, discusses how drone technology, combined with traditional architectural tools, helps provide a comprehensive, big-picture view of construction projects. In this...
Using AI To Automate Drone Data for Construction Engineering
August 09, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBOverview With an aerospace background and an MBA degree from MIT, our guest David Morczinek explores the opportunities and challenges of dealing with large datasets to aid in construction engineering. His company, AirWorks, has an advanced platforms that can transform data generated by drones into CAD, DWG, topography, or any other kind of spatial representation. He makes the case that this type of analysis acts a powerful supplement to the work of professional engineers and surveyors, enab...
Using AI To Automate Drone Data for Construction Engineering
August 09, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBOverview With an aerospace background and an MBA degree from MIT, our guest David Morczinek explores the opportunities and challenges of dealing with large datasets to aid in construction engineering. His company, AirWorks, has an advanced platforms that can transform data generated by drones into CAD, DWG, topography, or any other kind of spatial representation. He makes the case that this type of analysis acts a powerful supplement to the work of professional engineers and surveyors, enab...
Insights From 6 Years In The Drone Business
June 03, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBOverview ConnexiCore is celebrating its 6th year in business, so in this episode the tables are turned...and our CEO Frank Segarra is the guest speaker! Frank Segarra is proud of the hard work and determination of his team to build one of the leading turnkey drone service providers in the industry. In this podcast, he shares insights and lessons he learned over the past 6 years in the drone business, including some great personal stories from his early career. Frank talks about the origi...
Drones for Commercial Property Condition Assessments
April 29, 2021 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBOur guest in this episode is Tom Nettleman, Senior VP of Operations at Property Condition Assessments, LLC (PCA), where he oversees the operations for performing condition assessments on all types of commercial properties. Tom has used drones for both small and large scale projects, from façade and roofing inspections on New York City townhomes to a 50 acre university campus in St. Kitts that needed a 3D topology map. Tom shares his first-hand experience on how invaluable drone technology...
Drone Services for Channel Sales Leaders
March 26, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBOverview We discuss how the system integrator reseller community is finding new business opportunities with UAV drone solutions. Our guest is David Burgeson, CEO of Renaissance Systems, Inc. and exclusive distributor of ConnexiCore drone services to the Master Agent Channel. With over 30 years of channel experience, David shares stories and offers insight to other technology channel sales leaders about the capabilities and powerful information drone services can provide to their own custo...
Combining Drone Datasets For Construction Engineering Deliverables
March 15, 2021 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBOverview Our guest, Scott Northrop of Drone Tech Imaging, works with construction companies and engineers to gather various drone generated datasets to help them analyze and manage their projects. After starting a drone business a few years ago, Scott started to explore what might be possible beyond just images and videos. After working closely with a family member that owned an engineering firm, he realized the incredible value that drones can provide to the construction and engineering ...
Drone Technology as a Workforce Multiplier for Building Envelope Inspections
March 02, 2021 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBWe talk with our guest, Allen Cortez, VP of Safety Administration at Hanover Company, a nationwide developer of high-end apartment projects in major metropolitan areas. We explored the positive impact drones and related technologies are making for conducting commercial building envelope inspections. Allen’s team manages the safety program for construction sites, the quality control program, operations scheduling and IT initiatives. He shared examples of how drone technology has advanced sub...
Taking The Drone Industry Past The Pretty Pictures
January 07, 2021 19:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBMany companies interested in drone technology still think of drones as something that works only for capturing visual imagery. Of course, drones can do much more. While drones can capture stunning and clear video and still photography in a way unthinkable even five years ago, they also can produce data that produces actionable insights. Steven Katz, Founder and Chief Pilot for Sky Ladder Drones, said he recently had a client who wanted drone video, a service Katz has provided many times. B...
Understanding Contenders vs. Pretenders in the Drone Industry
December 03, 2020 19:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBOn this episode we are joined by Vice President of Sales at Measure, Abigail Lacy. We explored some nuanced topics in the ever-expanding drone industry—how can you distinguish the contenders from the pretenders? And how can drones be presented in a way that avoids overpromising and underdelivering in an industry that undergoes constant growth and innovation? “There’s a lot of fluff in the industry that makes people believe that delivery with a drone is going to become commonplace tomorrow,...
Analyzing and Acting on Critical Drone Data
November 06, 2020 19:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBDrones can take thousands of images or hours of video of things that previously would’ve been unthinkable. But what good is all that data if you have no way to sort, analyze, and prioritize it? Ken Falk, CEO and Founder of Scopito, has a platform that allows users to understand what they have and quickly find what they need to detect. “Drones allow you to capture much larger amounts of images in a much higher quality than was financially feasible before,” he said. “You need all of this da...