Modovolo at present introduced the appointment of Tim Handley as the corporate’s new Chief
Info Officer (CIO).
“Modovolo’s mission,” stated Justin Name, Modovolo’s CEO, and co-founder, “is to design merchandise with first ideas pondering to have the best performance-to-cost ratio of any drone expertise. And we relentlessly give attention to lean manufacturing to always and radically decrease costs. Tim believes on this mission as a result of that is what he has performed his complete life.”
Tim is an entrepreneur who has based, bootstrapped, and incubated two firms, the latest of which is Flyguys, which Tim based in 2015. Funded with $50,000, Tim constructed a digital airline from scratch.
By flying tons of of missions throughout scores of industries and use circumstances, 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 best pilot with the best tools 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 pondering that the drone business is prepared for radical change,” stated Tim, “and so after I was launched to the Modovolo workforce I knew they have been completely different. They’re culture-focused with the intention of constructing an ideal firm. Plus, their drone is a sport changer. I wished to be part of that.”
Justin Name continued: “We rent primarily based on 4 standards. The primary is that you simply can’t be a jerk. We solely rent good folks. 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 you probably have glad the primary three standards): you have to have wonderful expertise. Tim crushes the 4 standards.”
Tim and Justin instantly hit off once they first began speaking as a result of there was an ideal alignment of how they give thought to the ideas that make for an ideal firm.
Tim explains, “Modovolo has the best ideas 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 ideal firm with many nice merchandise. That’s what we wish.”
Justin explains, “We’ve taken classes from the nice firms reminiscent of Apple, Toyota, Tesla, and SpaceX. Let me offer you two examples:
‘Stroll the Gemba’ is one thing that Toyota stresses in its decision-making. It means: you could see the issue firsthand. Dwell it. Really feel it. Solely then are you able to search for an answer.
One other instance is: First, Rules Pondering. That is one thing Elon Musk preaches to his firms. It’s important to boil the issue to its core parts. Query every little thing.
We consider that Strolling the Gemba and First Rules Pondering are very highly effective collectively.”
Tim continued: “As is everybody on the Modovolo workforce, my focus might be on our tradition and on executing Modovolo’s mission and our core ideas however with an emphasis on our software program.”
This appointment marks a big 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 Raise, an endlessly configurable modular drone platform of Raise Pods and Utility Pods which might be clicked collectively like Legos to construct the best drone for each utility, with hours of flight time, and at a worth 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