Chief Operations Officer and Director of Engineering of URSA, Inc.

Over the past four years, in addition to his administrative duties, Robert has taken the lead role in designing and implementing applications in airspace analysis for both UAVs and manned aircraft, drone air corridor selection, real-time UAV sensor monitoring and control, and data ingestion and analysis for a variety of UAV sensors. Prior to joining URSA, Robert was an entrepreneur in the fields of technology and education, owning and operating a software consulting firm for more than ten years, starting, operating, and selling a ISP in rural New England, and starting an innovative international private high school in the San Francisco Bay area. Robert earned his master’s degree in computer science from Purdue University and bachelors’ degrees in computer science and German from Dartmouth College.