Management Team

Bob Carter, CEO, Founder
Graduated with a Masters in Business in 1996 and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Utah in 1987. His business experience includes CEO or Senior Executive in 5 different research and technology related startup companies. His engineering, procurement and maintenance management experience includes; 4 years in refineries, 2 years in combustion and emission related research, 2 years above ground mining facility and 4 years consulting. His consulting and implementation experience includes 3 years implementing computerized maintenance management systems in the U.S. and Canada, 6 years combined experience in risk management software and service applications and 1 year in centers of excellence research at Universities. The consulting, large industry and startup experience provide a solid basis for solution oriented approaches to industry needs. He is a licensed engineer with the State of Utah and is actively involved in the business and engineering aspects of the company.

Brian Odette, COO, Founder
Graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Utah. Brian spent 8 years completing engineering research projects on such topics as; strength of materials, creep, and fluid flow through porous materials. He utilized this research experience and knowledge of software programming to design, and implement technology related solutions. He spent 8 years as an owner or senior executive of 3 successful startup companies. Brian's contribution to the success of each company included, software development methodologies, custom internet applications, hardware and software infrastructure design, system implementation, security plans, and database design. Brian has designed and implemented solutions for companies in the United State, Canada, and Europe. These companies encompassed a wide range of industries including medical, risk management, insurance, oil and gas, mobile electronics, and e-commerce. His success is due to rapidly applying his practical and technical knowledge to find simple solutions to complex issues . His strong project management skills allowed him to successfully implement these solutions.

Ryan Fisher, Director of Photography
Ryan Fisher's aerial experience began as an award winning news photographer covering natural disasters such as Volcano eruptions in Alaska, tsunamis, and forest fires. He has also aerial photographed oceanic oil spills, land oil spills and chemical leeks. In addition to industrial photography and video Ryan has toured as an embedded photographer with the Alaska National guard. He has specialized in photographing dangerous situations. From these experiences he set out to develop an unmanned aerial platform that would be able to shoot dramatic flying artistic camera movements as well as dangerous shots. He accomplished this by building remote controlled helicopters and custom designing camera mounts for his specific needs. The results have earned international acclaim and pushed the boundaries of conventional photography. Ryan Fisher joined Flying Sensors in 2007 and has helped design and implement their manned and unmanned helicopter solutions