Modovolo right this moment introduced the appointment of Tim Handley as the corporate’s new Chief
Data Officer (CIO).
“Modovolo’s mission,” stated Justin Name, Modovolo’s CEO, and co-founder, “is to design merchandise with first rules considering to have the best performance-to-cost ratio of any drone expertise. And we relentlessly concentrate on lean manufacturing to continually and radically decrease costs. Tim believes on this mission as a result of that is what he has accomplished his complete life.”
Tim is an entrepreneur who has based, bootstrapped, and incubated two corporations, the latest of which is Flyguys, which Tim based in 2015. Funded with $50,000, Tim constructed a digital airline from scratch.
By flying a whole bunch of missions throughout scores of industries and use instances, he created and documented flight operation procedures for each use case and business for which he flew, after which crafted and coded the early variations of the logistics software program that put the correct pilot with the correct gear for any given mission or contract that Flyguys bought nationwide.
The outcomes converse for themselves, Flyguys now has a nationwide footprint of 1000+ affiliate pilots.
“I’ve been considering that the drone business is prepared for radical change,” stated Tim, “and so after I was launched to the Modovolo workforce I knew they had been totally different. They’re culture-focused with the intention of constructing an amazing firm. Plus, their drone is a recreation changer. I wished to be part of that.”
Justin Name continued: “We rent based mostly on 4 standards. The primary is that you simply can’t be a jerk. We solely rent good individuals. The second: you have to be a tough employee with ardour and a piece ethic to succeed. The third: you have to be intellectually curious (as a result of you may’t repair silly). And fourth (however solely if in case you have happy the primary three standards): you have to have superb abilities. Tim crushes the 4 standards.”
Tim and Justin instantly hit off after they first began speaking as a result of there was an ideal alignment of how they consider the rules that make for an amazing firm.
Tim explains, “Modovolo has the correct rules to win. That’s the important thing right here. With out these you might be able to make one good product however by no means make an amazing firm with many nice merchandise. That’s what we would like.”
Justin explains, “We’ve taken classes from the nice corporations resembling Apple, Toyota, Tesla, and SpaceX. Let me provide you with two examples:
‘Stroll the Gemba’ is one thing that Toyota stresses in its decision-making. It means: it is advisable see the issue firsthand. Reside it. Really feel it. Solely then are you able to search for an answer.
One other instance is: First, Ideas Pondering. That is one thing Elon Musk preaches to his corporations. You must boil the issue to its core parts. Query all the things.
We imagine that Strolling the Gemba and First Ideas Pondering are very highly effective collectively.”
Tim continued: “As is everybody on the Modovolo workforce, my focus will probably be on our tradition and on executing Modovolo’s mission and our core rules however with an emphasis on our software program.”
This appointment marks a major step in Modovolo’s ongoing dedication to increasing its management workforce with world-class expertise dedicated to its tradition and mission.
About Modovolo
Modovolo is a start-up that’s launched the Elevate, an endlessly configurable modular drone platform of Elevate Pods and Utility Pods which are clicked collectively like Legos to construct the correct drone for each utility, with hours of flight time, and at a value orders of magnitude lower than something in the marketplace. You’ll need to see it for your self.
For inquiries, please contact: Justin Name, at justin@modovolo.com
