
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 considering to have the best performance-to-cost ratio of any drone know-how. And we relentlessly concentrate on lean manufacturing to continuously and radically decrease costs. Tim believes on this mission as a result of that is what he has carried out his total life.”

Tim is an entrepreneur who has based, bootstrapped, and incubated two corporations, the latest 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 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 tools for any given mission or contract that Flyguys offered nationwide.
The outcomes communicate for themselves, Flyguys now has a nationwide footprint of 1000+ affiliate pilots.
“I’ve been considering that the drone business is prepared for radical change,” stated Tim, “and so once I was launched to the Modovolo staff I knew they have been totally different. They’re culture-focused with the intention of constructing a fantastic firm. Plus, their drone is a recreation changer. I needed to be part of that.”
Justin Name continued: “We rent primarily based on 4 standards. The primary is that you just can’t be a jerk. We solely rent good individuals. 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’ve got happy the primary three standards): you have to have wonderful abilities. 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 fantastic 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 a fantastic firm with many nice merchandise. That’s what we would like.”
Justin explains, “We’ve taken classes from the good corporations resembling 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: it’s essential 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, Ideas Considering. That is one thing Elon Musk preaches to his corporations. You need to boil the issue to its core elements. Query all the pieces.
We consider that Strolling the Gemba and First Ideas Considering are very highly effective collectively.”
Tim continued: “As is everybody on the Modovolo staff, 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 staff with world-class expertise dedicated to its tradition and mission.
About Modovolo
Modovolo is a start-up that’s launched the Elevate, an endlessly configurable modular drone platform of Elevate Pods and Utility Pods which are clicked collectively like Legos to construct the correct drone for each software, with hours of flight time, and at a worth orders of magnitude lower than something in the marketplace. You’ll wish to see it for your self.
For inquiries, please contact: Justin Name, at justin@modovolo.com