Zach serves as CEO and chief engineer for Pitch. He is recognized as a leading authority on cyclorotor technology. He is the named inventor on multiple cyclorotor patents and has published extensively on the topic. Zachary holds a BS in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue. He served as an F-15E Pilot & Flight Lead in the USAF.

Ian oversees business operations and provides strategic direction for Pitch. He has significant experience in the defense acquisitions industry-leading multiple U.S. Government advanced technology programs valued in excess of $2B. Ian is a Marshall Scholar. He holds degrees from the U.S. Air Force Academy, The London School of Economics, and The London Business School.

Adam is one of those guys who can put the magic smoke back into electronics. He oversees electronics and embedded coding development on Astria. Before working at Pitch, Adam performed electronics design for a Latitude VTOL drone and participated in the acquitions by L3-Harris. Subsequently he worked for OnePointOne on driverless high-voltage LED lighting for hydroponics. He knows electronics, startups, and drones in and out.

Ken can solve any puzzle and will beat you at any strategy game. When you take this and couple it with AI and code he is unstoppable. Ken is leading our software expansion and overseeing broader technology development

Ricardo is a software innovator at the intersection of power lines and meteorology. Ricardo obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UC Merced before working as a developer a weather forecasting firm, then an emergency management firm, and also a transmission analytics company. Ricardo knows how to wrestle big data and craft meaningful insights.

Julianna oversees the mechanical design of Astria. In tandem she leads the development effort of our bird diverter payload arm, and drone-deployable bird diverters, which she invented. Julianna was the top mechanical engineering graduate from Boise State University.

Ben Robinson is Pitch Aeronautic's newest mechanical engineer. Ben previously worked as an intern for Pitch where he devised a new Force Balance for cyclorotor testing and contributed to many aspects of drone development.

Alex is leading development of Astria's  state estimation system. Alex worked as an Intern at Pitch Aeronautics as an undergraduate before accepting a graduate research assistanceship at Boise State University under professor Aykut Satici. Alex developed the mechanical and electrical design of our active thermography sensor and crack-width measurment sensor.

Kevins gets our drones in the air and keeps them flying. Kevin has a wealth of experience building and fixing bicycles, flying drones, performing geospatial analysis, and even driving snowcats! 

Zach is an engineering intern for Pitch Aeronautics and a senior at Boise State University. Zach is concentrating on our various payload arms for installing bird diverters, IoT sensors, and more.