Energy Drone & Robotics Summit Significantly Expands Advisory Board

Following the rapid growth of the 12,000 + global community members, the Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition, powered by Innovate Energy, has significantly expanded its advisory board for the Energy Drone & Robotics Summit (June 12-13 in The Woodlands, Texas at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott).

The Energy Drone & Robotics Summit brings together energy & engineering industry leaders in a wide variety of solution-based areas, including, but not limited to, hardware, software, data acquisition, analysis & management, safety, operations, security/C-UAS and legal considerations. As a result, assembling a large and diverse advisory board ensures the Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition can better serve its global community when examining these areas at the Energy Drone & Robotics Summit and additional resource channels, including the Annual Energy UAV Benchmark Report.

Director, Sean Guerre, noted, “We are honored and excited that so many of the UAV & robotics leaders from throughout oil & gas, power/utilities and chemical/petrochemical operations have joined our 2019 Advisory Board to share insight & knowledge and direct the content efforts for the rapidly expanding global industrial demand for real-world best practices, use cases and technology for UAVs, robotics and data in critical infrastructure.”

The members of the 2019 Energy Drone & Robotics Summit Advisory Board include:

  • Christine Asaro, UAV Project AdvisorSan Diego Gas & Electric

  • Assel Ayapova, Global Drone Program ManagerAES Corporation

  • Dean Barefield, UAS Program DirectorSouthern Electric Company

  • Larry Barnard, Downstream & Chemicals, Manufacturing ~ Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) GovernanceChevron

  • Eric Bitzko, Technical Services SupervisorPedernales Electric Cooperative

  • Todd Chase, Aviation Safety and Compliance Manager, Americas, Shell

  • Tony Cinson, Senior Technical Leader – NDE InnovationEPRI – Electric Power Research Institute

  • Diana Cooper, Vice President of Legal & Policy AffairsPrecisionHawk

  • Mitch Droz, Co-Owner, VP of Operations and Customer ExperienceWolfe UAS, LLC

  • Matt Dunlevy, President & CEOSkySkopes

  • Lisa Ellman, PartnerHogan Lovells

  • Jason Forte, Commercial SolutionsInsitu, Inc.

  • Tom Fries, Aviation Services Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric

  • Dyan Gibbens, Founder & CEOTrumbull Unmanned

  • Mark Hutcherson, Director, Operations Excellence – Knowledge/Innovation Lead, UAS Advisory TeamConocoPhillips

  • Christopher Korody, FounderDroneBusiness.Center

  • Tracy Lamb, VP of Regulatory and Safety Affairs & Chief Pilot, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International

  • Suzanne Lemieux, UAS Lead and ManagerAPI

  • Eileen Lockhart, UAS Program ManagerXcel Energy

  • John McClain, Security Specialist – sUAS Chief PilotShell Deer Park Refining

  • Scott McGowen, CEOPrecision Aerial Compliance Solutions

  • Travis Moran, Strategic PartnerWelund North America

  • Joseph Morgan, Robotic Systems Engineer – USGC Regional TES Tech CenterDow Chemical Company

  • Joshua Olds, President & CEOUnmanned Safety Institute / Argus Unmanned

  • Sudhir Pai, Managing Director – RoboticsSchlumberger

  • Landon Phillips, COO, DataWing Global

  • James Pierce, Supervisor, UAS OperationsAmeren

  • Steven Poirot, Operations & Safety Director, Aerial Data ManagementWorleyParsons

  • Pierce Prater, Service Consultant Supervisor, Power Delivery SolutionsCenterPoint Energy

  • Marty Robinson, Global Robotics SystemsDow Chemical Company

  • Patrick Saracco, VP, Technology SolutionsCyberhawk Innovations

  • Mark Small, Global Aviation Safety ManagerChevron

  • David Tyler, Manager, ITPuget Sound Energy

  • Jacob Velky, Manager, Unmanned Aerial SystemsDuke Energy

  • Barrett Walker, Manager, sUAS ProgramCheniere

  • Bryan Williams, UAS CoordinatorDuke Energy

  • George C. Williamson, SETA, Inspection, Testing and Commissioning Materials TeamBP America Inc., Upstream Engineering Centre

Further details about the Energy Drone & Robotics Summit & Expo are available at www.energydronecoalition.com.