TX, OK, KS, LA, AR Territory
Dakota Kridler
Sales Representative
Email: Dakota.Kridler@AeroGear.us
Phone: 765-606-4309
Dakota Kridler is a U.S. Army Veteran with nine years of defense experience, specializing as a Flight Test Engineer and Systems Engineer. Dakota has maintained and operated numerous fixed-wing and VTOL UAVs, leveraging his Part 107 Remote Pilot license. He led the development of an innovative ground control station (GCS) for a range of internal UAVs, enhancing capabilities across Group 1 to Group 3 sizes. Dakota's contributions include being a sensor and camera operator for manned-unmanned teaming (MUMT) UAV flight missions employing sophisticated telemetry setups to link air, ground, and operational equipment and personnel. While studying for his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, he was a Flight Test Engineer at the Texas A&M Vehicle Systems and Control. Dakota holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M and an MBA with a focus in Innovative Technologies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Justin Kirkwood
Sales Representative
Email: Justin.Kirkwood@AeroGear.us
Phone: 409-738-5225
Justin Kirkwood has been involved in sales, business development, and program management for the past several years. Born and raised in Texas, Justin moved to Huntsville, AL in 2016 where he began his career in the aerospace and defense market. Justin worked for Dynetics as a part of the Avionics Products Department leading proposal and capture efforts to win new business, identifying opportunities to broaden the Avionics group products, and providing program management for an instrumentation contract in support of DoD T&E ranges. Justin has worked closely supporting custom telemetry products, flight termination products, solutions for encryption, flight data recorders, Time Space Position Information (TSPI) products, field test equipment, and ground support equipment. Justin has earned a Master of Arts in Intercultural Leadership and is a candidate for a Master of Science in Business Management/Leadership from Tarleton State University. Justin currently lives back in his home state of Texas in the Houston area.
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