Modovolo at this time introduced the appointment of Tim Handley as the corporate’s new Chief
Info Officer (CIO).
“Modovolo’s mission,” mentioned 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 concentrate on lean manufacturing to continually and radically decrease costs. Tim believes on this mission as a result of that is what he has completed his whole life.”
Tim is an entrepreneur who has based, bootstrapped, and incubated two firms, the newest 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 trade for which he flew, after which crafted and coded the early variations of the logistics software program that put the fitting pilot with the fitting tools for any given mission or contract that Flyguys offered nationwide.
The outcomes converse for themselves, Flyguys now has a nationwide footprint of 1000+ affiliate pilots.
“I’ve been pondering that the drone trade is prepared for radical change,” mentioned Tim, “and so after I was launched to the Modovolo staff 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 based mostly on 4 standards. The primary is that you just 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 possibly can’t repair silly). And fourth (however solely when you have glad the primary three standards): you could have wonderful 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 ideas that make for an ideal firm.
Tim explains, “Modovolo has the fitting 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 similar to 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’ll want to see the issue firsthand. Reside it. Really feel it. Solely then are you able to search for an answer.
One other instance is: First, Rules Considering. That is one thing Elon Musk preaches to his firms. It’s a must to boil the issue to its core elements. Query all the things.
We consider that Strolling the Gemba and First Rules Considering are very highly effective collectively.”
Tim continued: “As is everybody on the Modovolo staff, my focus can 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 staff with world-class expertise dedicated to its tradition and mission.
About Modovolo
Modovolo is a start-up that’s launched the Carry, an endlessly configurable modular drone platform of Carry Pods and Utility Pods which can be clicked collectively like Legos to construct the fitting drone for each utility, with hours of flight time, and at a worth orders of magnitude lower than something available on the market. You’ll wish to see it for your self.
For inquiries, please contact: Justin Name, at justin@modovolo.com
