Session I - Industrial Perspective

Keenan Wyrobek (Zipline)
Keenan Wyrobek is co-founder and CTO at Zipline, a medical supply drone delivery service operating in North Carolina, Ghana and Rwanda. Prior to Zipline, Keenan was a co-founder and director of the Personal Robotics Program at Willow Garage where he co-lead the development of the Robot Operating System (ROS) and PR2, the first personal robot for software R&D.

Brendan Groves (Skydio)
Brendan Groves is the Head of Regulatory and Policy Affairs at Skydio. Before joining Skydio, Brendan held senior positions in the federal government, serving most recently as Associate Deputy Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In that role, he managed DOJ’s national security policy portfolio and also developed, led and scaled DOJ’s drone program. As a member of the FAA’s Executive Committee on UAS, Brendan played a leadership role in shaping the government’s approach to integrating drones into the national airspace. In addition, he led the effort to counter the threat posed by malicious drones, spearheading the development and passage of pathbreaking Counter-UAS legislation.  A long-time private pilot, Brendan also served as an officer in the Air Force and as Special Counsel to the General Counsel of the National Security Agency.

Arne Stoschek (Acubed / Airbus)
Arne Stoschek is the Project Executive of Wayfinder, a project with the goal of building autonomous flight and machine learning solutions to enable self-piloted aircraft operation. He is passionate about robotics and autonomous electric vehicles. He has held engineering leadership positions at global companies such as Volkswagen/Audi and Infineon, and at aspiring Silicon Valley startups, namely Lucid Motors/Atieva, Knightscope and Better Place. Arne earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Munich and held a computer vision and data analysis research position at Stanford University.