XIDRONE SYSTEMS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Vice President
Mr. Pierce has over 30 years of professional experience in engineering and program management. Mr. Pierce has led engineering teams responsible for the development of major defense systems, commercial programs and individual components as well as complete "concept to completion" integrated systems.
Mr. Pierce has an extensive background in developing cutting edge systems with technology relating to communications, information distribution, and unmanned aviation. His commitment to his discipline and staff has led to the development of patented hardware bringing needed value in wide area networks, specialized sensors and unmanned aviation platforms.
Mr. Pierce has experience with International Program Management with multi-national forces in military development activities and was instrumental in harmonizing varying national requirements to insure sovereign concerns were resolved successfully.
Additionally, his experience includes development of a Multinational Memorandum of Agreement (MMA) requiring concurrence between the US, French, German, and Italian governments, resulting in the creation of a NATO agency chartered to develop an air defense system.
Mr. Stern retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and continued his career in the civilian sector working with the Department of Defense as a Senior System Engineer.
Mr. Stern has over 30 years of Project Management expertise for the US Military and Department of Defense (DoD) with an exemplary track record managing complex multimillion-dollar Information Technology (IT) projects, increasing effectiveness, efficiency in the United States and abroad.
Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) network architecture, systems, resources allocation, budget development/contract negotiations, daily operations, scheduling, team building, and Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
ISR system/platforms on variety of government and commercial networks with expertise on designing and fielding variety of ISR system/platforms using both government off the shelf technology (GOT) and commercial off the shelf technology (COT)
Mr. Parker is the President and Founder of XiDrone Systems Inc., a Florida-based Counter-Drone and Intellectual Property technology corporation. He has 27 years of commercial aviation and law enforcement experience. His aviation background includes working as a law enforcement helicopter pilot, a contract helicopter pilot for VIP clients, and an EMS helicopter pilot. He also has extensive experience working with local, state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Military, FAA, FBI, TSA and U.S. Customs.
Mr. Parker's experience with both law enforcement and commercial aviation has provided him with the vision and skills necessary to envision and develop revolutionary counter-drone and drone integration solutions. His vision has led XiDrone Systems to be the first company in the U.S. and Europe to obtain multi-sensor counter-drone patents.
Mr. Parker retired from law enforcement aviation in 2018 in order to dedicate all of his time to building XiDrone Systems into a leading Counter-Drone technology company. He remains active in the commercial helicopter industry as the President of Southwest Florida Helicopters, and he is an appointed Lead Safety Representative for the FAA's Safety Team (FAASTeam) in Southwest Florida. Mr. Parker is a veteran of the U.S. Army and currently resides in Naples, Florida.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Vice President of Technology