Modovolo in the present day 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 rules pondering to have the very best performance-to-cost ratio of any drone expertise. And we relentlessly give attention to lean manufacturing to continuously and radically decrease costs. Tim believes on this mission as a result of that is what he has executed his total life.”
Tim is an entrepreneur who has based, bootstrapped, and incubated two corporations, the newest 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 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 proper pilot with the proper 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,” 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 a terrific firm. Plus, their drone is a sport changer. I needed 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 need to have wonderful expertise. 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 a terrific firm.
Tim explains, “Modovolo has the proper rules to win. That’s the important thing right here. With out these you could possibly make one good product however by no means make a terrific firm with many nice merchandise. That’s what we wish.”
Justin explains, “We’ve taken classes from the good corporations 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 have 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 corporations. You must boil the issue to its core elements. Query all the things.
We imagine that Strolling the Gemba and First Rules Considering 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 Raise, an endlessly configurable modular drone platform of Raise Pods and Utility Pods which might be clicked collectively like Legos to construct the proper drone for each utility, with hours of flight time, and at a value 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
