01/12/2026
It's been almost two years of preparation, buying six drones (every one needs a backup, right?), learning to fly those drones, taking business courses, studying for and getting my FAA Part 107 UAS pilot's license, and flying, and flying, and flying.
After years a' preparin' it's time to be an overnight success!
My chosen business vertical is drone construction services.
I'm going to focus on construction services because I spent thirty years in IT operations perfecting parallel skills.
I learned systems administration, organizing data and hardware, and how to do a lot of what gets done in managing a construction site, or at least in supporting the management of a construction site. I know how to adhere to schedules, how to program surveillance systems for mapping and 3D photogrammetry. I know how to set up repeatable waypoints to track site inspection progress over time. And I know how to manage materials inventory because I did that same things with computer hardware inventory.
I'm excited!