Andre Louis-Ferdinand Email & Phone Number

I’m an instrument-rated crewed Helicopter Pilot, UAV Operator, Aeronautics Analyst, & Technologist! I’m primarily based out of Austin, TX.I have worked in the aviation industry since 2009 and in the UAV industry since 2014. I have been involved in various verticals, including industrial inspection of critical infrastructure, crewed eVTOL (Electric Vertical Takeoff & Landing) vehicles, AI-powered autonomous UAS software, & hypersonic concept UAV aircraft from NASA’s Ellington Spaceport in Houston, to name a few.I sold my company, Ascent Technologies (a drone software firm focused on computer vision), in late 2018, and since, as mentioned, I have been exploring the industry, working on various projects, including large UAS, eVTOL vehicles, drone swarms, and even hypersonic UAV concepts.I have a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics with a minor in Space Technology (Aeronautical Engineering) from UND Aerospace and many years of international project management, travel, and flight-ops coordination experience. I have a career total of nearly 10,000 crewed/uncrewed flight hours and flight software development experience. While I didn’t have the immense honor to serve, I was a DoD contractor for a few years.While this is what I do, who I am is a father (3 baby girls), patriot (wept while visiting the beaches of Normandy), and Humvee enthusiast (had a personal one that ran on homemade biodiesel…smelled like freedom fries)."Don’t worry, Tech will save us, my friends!" Cheers 🍻

Listed skills include Leadership, Aviation, Customer Service, Team Leadership, and 20 others.

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  University Of North Dakota

  Aeronautics With A Minor In Space Technology