Modovolo immediately 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 pondering to have the best performance-to-cost ratio of any drone expertise. And we relentlessly concentrate on lean manufacturing to consistently and radically decrease costs. Tim believes on this mission as a result of that is what he has achieved his whole 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 lots 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 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 pondering that the drone business is prepared for radical change,” stated Tim, “and so after I was launched to the Modovolo crew I knew they had been completely different. They’re culture-focused with the intention of constructing an excellent 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 just can’t be a jerk. We solely rent good folks. The second: you should be a tough employee with ardour and a piece ethic to succeed. The third: you should 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 have to have superb 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 rules that make for an excellent 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 excellent firm with many nice merchandise. That’s what we wish.”
Justin explains, “We’ve taken classes from the good 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: you want to see the issue firsthand. Stay it. Really feel it. Solely then are you able to search for an answer.
One other instance is: First, Ideas Considering. That is one thing Elon Musk preaches to his corporations. It’s a must to boil the issue to its core elements. Query every thing.
We consider that Strolling the Gemba and First Ideas Considering are very highly effective collectively.”
Tim continued: “As is everybody on the Modovolo crew, my focus can 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 big step in Modovolo’s ongoing dedication to increasing its management crew 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 correct drone for each software, 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