CEO
RED CAT HOLDINGS
Thompson is a serial tech entrepreneur who has led companies from the startup phase to successful exits and IPOs. Founder of EdgeNet, a private ISP, and co-founder of Towerstream, a wireless service provider (public 2007 NASDAQ). In 2018 he founded Red Cat, the company at the forefront of providing solutions for the rapidly growing commercial and recreational drone industries.
COO
RED CAT HOLDINGS
Evans is a serial entrepreneur with a history of founding and leading technology innovation. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan in Electrical Engineering. After that, he spun out one of the technologies he developed into Avegant, a VR/AR company. After Avegant, Allan became the CEO of Fat Shark, which was recently combined with Red Cat.
CFO
RED CAT HOLDINGS
Hernon is a Certified Public Accountant with a Master’s in Accountancy, from Bentley University. He has been a member of management teams that have raised more than $300 million through debt and equity financings. As a CFO of 4 publicly traded companies, Joseph led 5 acquisitions of technology companies which were immediately accretive.
CEO
TEAL DRONES
CEO
SKYPERSONIC
Giuseppe Santangelo is the founder of Skypersonic Inc. He led as CEO international high-tech companies in automotive and aerospace of P&L over $50M. Appointed as professor of Attitude and Orbital Guidance, at Space Exploration International Master at Polytechnic of Turin, Universität Bremen, and Grande Ecole Aérospatiale Supaero Toulouse. Awarded by NASA for exceptional leadership on International Space Station Node 2 Design. He has been responsible for the development of projects on behalf of the European Space Agency.
SVP, Global Defense Solutions
RED CAT HOLDINGS
A graduate of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Geoff is the Senior Vice President for Global Defense Solutions at Red Cat Holdings. He is a 22-year veteran of USAF Special Operations with extensive experience in ground operations and intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR). Most recently, he served as Vice President of Business Development at Vantage Robotics and was responsible for establishing U.S. government and international business relationships with a focus on penetrating new market segments to support sales growth. Prior, he spent over 16 years at AeroVironment, initially as Director of Flight Operations, where he was responsible for training and equipping flight operations personnel to conduct training and operations globally, and later as Director of International Business Development, where he was responsible for major international market segments/regions.
VP, Regulatory Affairs
RED CAT HOLDINGS
Brendan Stewart is an experienced aviation compliance professional with extensive experience helping organizations and end users reap the benefits of unmanned systems. Brendan was responsible for receiving the 4th ever approved 107.39 waiver allowing his clients to successfully operate a UAS over people as early as 2017, and the first Part 107 waiver to allow localized urban drone delivery operations. Brendan specializes in aircrew training, human factors mitigation, and failure analysis. He regularly shares his expertise at national conferences speaking on UAS operations, training, and safety.
VP, Marketing
RED CAT HOLDINGS
A graduate of Syracuse University’s Industrial & Interaction Design program, is the Vice-President of Marketing at Red Cat Holdings. Having worked for over 20 years in the defense and unmanned systems industries, his focus has been in developing thought-provoking product campaigns while optimizing customer touchpoints. His portfolio includes designing solutions for robotic and autonomous systems, augmented reality, virtual reality, simulation training environments, and interactive experiences. Stan has created impactful marketing campaigns and strategies for a variety of technology focused organizations such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Audi USA, L3 Harris, NASA, AeroVironment, Inc. and USSOCOM and continues to lead, consult, and support in the development of compelling customer experiences.
HR Manager
RED CAT HOLDINGS
Laura is a challenge-driven professional focused on supporting technology companies at varying stages of growth. Her enthusiasm and energy are being channeled into the development of Red Cat’s HR department, as the holding company continues to improve and streamline its procedures across subsidiaries.
