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Fly Day with DroneDeploy & Girls in Tech SF
Please join us for an exclusive fly day with the DroneDeploy team where we will fly drones, make maps, & learn from industry leaders how drone mapping is driving job creation worldwide.After flying, we will return to DroneDeploy HQ for their traditional Friday BBQ where you'll get to network with their team & learn more about their <A HREF="https://www.dronedeploy.com/careers.html" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noreferrer nofollow">job openings</A>.
Due to limited spacing, we require a reservation deposit of $20. This amount will be refunded to you when you check-in at the event. We will not accept refund requests on the day of the event.
Agenda:
3:30 pm - Meet at Berkeley Marina 3:30-4:00 pm - Intro to DroneDeploy 4:00-6:00 pm - Flying Drones with the Team 6:00-6:45 pm - Return to SF (Transportation will be provided.) 7:00-9:00 pm - BBQ at DroneDeploy HQ
About DroneDeploy:
<A HREF="http://www.dronedeploy.com" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noreferrer nofollow">DroneDeploy</A> is the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones, making the power of aerial data more accessible & productive for everyone. Trusted by leading brands globally, DroneDeploy transforms the way businesses leverage data across industries, including agriculture, construction, mining & real estate. Simple by design & easy to use, DroneDeploy enables professional grade imagery & analysis, 3D modeling & more from any drone on any device. DroneDeploy users have mapped & analyzed over 10 million acres across 143 countries. DroneDeploy is located in the heart of San Francisco. To learn more visit <A HREF="http://www.dronedeploy.com" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noreferrer nofollow">http://www.dronedeploy.com</A> & join the conversation on Twitter @DroneDeploy.
About the DroneDeploy Team:
 
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Jono Millin, Co-founder & CPO
Jono is a tech entrepreneur at heart. He previously cofounded Zoom2Work & AdvertEyes; the former addressed challenges of incomplete information & the latter tackled real-time image analysis. Jono completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, & Applied Maths at Rhodes University in South Africa. He then moved to the United Kingdom to obtain a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence, & began a PhD in Machine Learning from the University of Edinburgh. He is a native of South Africa & loves solving difficult problems in research & business through the application of innovative technologies & methods. He is passionate about science, leveraging data to derive insights & automating solutions. When not playing with flying robots & computers, Jono can be found rock climbing or playing squash.
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Sally first got interested in drones when she served as a photographer & producer at the Missouri School of Journalism's drone journalism program in its inaugural year. The first drone journalism she did was produce a video for Harvest Public Media in which footage from a drone documents a prairie fire. She has also spoken at South by Southwest (SXSW) & the Harvard Business School & Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences' Engineering + Entrepreneurship Making Robotics Fly event. Sally was also named one of Fortune Magazine's 4 top women shaping the drone industry.



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Jessie Mooberry is a technologist at Stanford University Peace Innovation Lab & a humanitarian UAV practitioner. She spent the last six months as COO of SwarmX, an enterprise drone solution ecosystem provider in SE Asia for top energy companies. Prior to that, she designed, built, & funded the first humanitarian cargo UAV nonprofit, Uplift Aeronautics, where she led fundraising, marketing, finance, & managed a team of fifty volunteers.
 

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Samantha Salis, Sales Development & Philanthropy Director
Samantha is DroneDeploy's first Sales Development Representative & the Founder of DroneDeploy's Philanthropy Branch, calledFlylanthropy. She is passionate about using DroneDeploy's people & software to solve real problems for nonprofits locally & internationally. She studied Psychology at UC Berkeley & is also a peer counselor for ExhalePro Voicebased in Oakland, CA.


 
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Manu Sharma, Flight Product Manager
Manu currently works as a Product Manager for DroneDeploy flight app & App Marketplace. Previously, he founded Infinity Aerospace that built Ardulab, an open source science platform for conducting science experiments aboard International Space Station. He studied aerospace engineering at Stanford University & Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is also an avid private pilot.


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Athena is an Idaho native who has recently joined the Sales Development Team at DroneDeploy. Her childhood into early adulthood was largely spent volunteering & living around South America. While attending Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, she became the Vice President of Talent Management for AIESEC, the world's largest student run non-profit. She is excited to educate local non-profits on the benefits of drones for the Bay Area.


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Kara is a Bay Area-based certified remote pilot, marketing consultant, & writer working with clients including Flying Robot international Film Festival, DroneDeploy, Wedding Drones, & ACE Hardware. She shares her drone-related wisdom in a bi-monthly column for Drone360 Magazine.