Category: Advisors

Wounded Eagle Unmanned Aviation Systems

Patrick Rushing

Patrick Rushing, (U.S. Air Force, SMSgt Retired) is also a retired US Navy civilian Accountant (Sixth Fleet Comptroller, Blue Angels Financial Specialist) His duties included Lead Accountant for the Sixth Fleet Comptroller in Naples Italy as well as the Financial Specialist for the US Navy’s Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron located in Pensacola, Florida. He…
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Chris Johnson, CEO of MyMappix

Dr. Chris Johnson is an Air Force Veteran, a commercial pilot for both manned and unmanned aircraft, and a certified flight instructor (instrument and multi-engine) with a PhD in Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (UW) where he directs the UW Flight Laboratory, which is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Center of Excellence…
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Brian Soliday, Advisor

Brian Soliday has 30 years of extensive experience working in sales, marketing and channel within the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing. He  currently serves as Sales Executive for 1Spatial. has presented technical papers at over 75 events on six continents and has written articles in; Eastman’s Bowhunting Journal, Planning, Point of Beginning, The…
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Paul Ruffin, Advisor

36+ year business management and IT professional with a background in international and information sciences specializing in business development, management systems and technology integration. As a business analyst and enterprise system adept at solving problems and integrating technology into current business in a cost effective and reliable way. 25-year emphasis in business modeling, architectures, telecommunications,…
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Dean Barefield, Advisor

An experienced Program Manager and military Veteran. Dean entered the United States Army in 1996 and enjoyed a military career spanning more than 22 years, serving the last 12 years as an AH-64D “Attack Helicopter” pilot and a UAS Technical Warrant Officer. As a UAS Technical Officer, he was responsible for integrating UAS in support…
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Steve Dykhouse, Advisor

Steve Dykhouse (USMC Ret.) is the President of Unmanned Systems Integration and is employed full time as a Department of Defense air traffic controller at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.  Steve has over 24 years’ experience with ATC.  He is also the UAS airspace access coordinator and the ATC liaison for counter drone efforts at…
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George Meyer, Advisor

George Meyer, US Army Lieutenant Colonel, Retired – Over 28 years of global service.  George enlisted in the early 1980’s into Air Defense Artillery, serving in Germany as a Fire Control Crewmember and a “Stinger” Missile Crewmember.  He then served in the Hawaii National Guard as an Infantry Platoon leader on the island of Kauai.…
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