Beth Flippo, CEO of Drone Categorical. Drone Categorical is an modern aviation firm disrupting last-mile logistics by embracing autonomous flight. Based in 2021, the corporate makes use of drones to ship secure, dependable, autonomous, eco-friendly packages nationwide to prospects. They’ve secured strategic nationwide company partnerships with The Kroger Firm, Papa John’s Worldwide, Winsupply, and different retailers. The FAA formally accepted its Half 135 software. Upon completion, Drone Categorical shall be one in all only some corporations licensed to carry out unmanned past visible line of sight deliveries in america. On September 13, Drone Categorical launched their drone supply service in Winston-Salem.
Beth is an completed embedded engineer with over 20 years of expertise within the finance and expertise industries. She has designed and developed superior cellular communications options and is captivated with robotics and unmanned methods. Earlier than launching Drone Categorical, Beth was Vice President of Embedded Software program Growth at TELEGRID Applied sciences.
She started her profession within the finance trade in New York Metropolis, designing methods for quantitative buying and selling and monetary evaluation for fairness transactions on the New York Inventory Trade. Her expertise contains a number of prestigious funding banks and brokerage companies, together with UBS PaineWebber, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Goldman Sachs. Beth holds a Bachelor of Science in Pc Science from the Thomas Watson Faculty of Engineering and Utilized Science on the College of New York at Binghamton. She is a licensed drone pilot with the FAA and has a radio operator license, W2QNB, from the FCC.
On this episode of the Drone Radio Present, Beth talks about Drone Categorical, the corporate’s official launch into Winston-Salem and the way autonomous drone supply can present financial and ecological advantages to communities.
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