Darren Spinks Email & Phone Number

Gatwick, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

UAS Operations Lead at SKY-DRONES TECHNOLOGIES LTD. Highly sophisticated long distance VTOL UAS systems including professional full stack UAV avionics solutions (hardware and software) including flight control, ground control and communication systems as well as a cloud based management platform. The company helps its global customers to build and operate drones for security and commercial applications.

Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom

Flight Operations Remote Pilot and UAS Manager at Skyports assigned to specific aircraft types. Aircraft maintenance and serviceability including the fixing and tracking of defects, maintaining accurate reports and liaising with manufacturer on system developments.

London

UK Strategic Implementation Manager for Airborne Robotics, a leading high performance European based UAV manufacturer focused on the energy sector to drive this emerging technology forward.Designed, planed and implemented data collection processes in a research & development environment for asset inspection and environmental control. Project managed and liaised with participating UKRI research consortium members on program deliverables and data analysis.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

UAS Remote Pilot - Operator In Command.Responsible for the operation of unmanned aircraft and systems in a test and development environment for the purposes of collecting data to improve machine learning algorithms designed for sense and avoid capabilities.After six months at Amazon Prime Air, I was promoted to Tech Ops Engineer 1 and alongside this made UK Line Trainer, where I onboarded and trained Flight Operators and Support Engineers for the UK Flying Gondola Program and oversaw safety and standards across the flight operations team.Conducted fight planning, mitigated real-time safety risks, aircraft readiness and deployment, and completing end of day and weekly reporting for stakeholders.Piloted over 750 missions on a verity of different platforms to collect SAA data.

CAA approved UAV Drone Pilot / Operations Manager Drone My Business Ltd is based in Amesbury, Wiltshire and provides aerial survey photography and filming using remote-controlled UAVs, flown by CAA approved pilots, throughout the whole of the UK. We use the very latest multi-rotor drone aerial platforms quadcopter's, all equipped with professional stills cameras, video recording and surveying equipment.

Chester, United Kingdom

UAV Pilot / Instructor / Tech SupportPhantom Flight School are the UK's longest established and most popular drone flying school. They have delivered more than 4,500 hours of flying lessons, and are proud to have as training clients ARM Technology, Bath Spa University, Cambridge University, the CAA, DRONE Magazine and Save the Children, as well as many 100s of businesses, professional photographers and PfCO qualified commercial drone pilots.