{"id":28020,"date":"2024-03-04T17:08:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=28020"},"modified":"2024-03-04T17:08:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:08:49","slug":"commercial-drone-alliance-welcomes-guardian-agricultures-matt-beckwith-to-its-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/commercial-drone-alliance-welcomes-guardian-agricultures-matt-beckwith-to-its-board-of-directors\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Drone Alliance Welcomes Guardian Agriculture\u2019s Matt Beckwith to its Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialdronealliance.org\/\">Commercial Drone Alliance<\/a> (CDA), an independent 501c6 non-profit organization led by key members of the commercial drone industry, has announced that Matt Beckwith, VP of Business Development and Regulatory Affairs at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardian.ag\/\">Guardian Agriculture<\/a>, has joined its Board of Directors. Guardian Agriculture develops <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/858990744\">electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing<\/a> (eVTOL) systems for commercial-scale sustainable farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our Board of Directors represents the entire CDA\nmembership and champions policies which foster the safe and secure scaling of\ndrone operations across the United States,&#8221; said Lisa Ellman, Executive\nDirector of the Commercial Drone Alliance. &#8220;We welcome Matt Beckwith as\nour newest board member and look forward to benefiting from Guardian\u2019s deep\nexperience in agriculture and aerial application.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt brings expertise from more than 20 years in\nagriculture. Before joining Guardian Agriculture, he founded an early-stage\ndrone spraying company, Rantizo. He has also lived and worked in Asia for over\na decade, where he established a seed company selling hybrid rice to Vietnamese\nfarmers and was a strategy consultant for McKinsey. He is a former Fulbright\nScholar, holds a B.A. from American University, a Masters in Public Policy from\nthe Harvard Kennedy School, and an MBA from INSEAD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Commercial Drone Alliance plays an essential role\nin advocating for a regulatory landscape that enables U.S. businesses &#8211;\nespecially farmers &#8211; to realize the full potential of commercial drones,\u201d\nshared Matt Beckwith, VP of Business Development and Regulatory Affairs at\nGuardian Agriculture. &#8220;I\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to serve on the\nCDA\u2019s Board of Directors to help achieve American leadership in the commercial\napplication of drones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Beckwith is joining other CDA\u2019s other Directors:\nMargaret Nagle (Wing), Brendan Groves (Skydio), Okeoma Moronu, (Zipline\nInternational, Inc.), Ken Stewart (NUAIR), Neta Gliksman (Percepto Robotics),\nJames Grimsley (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Dean Allen Barefield (Southern\nCompany), Jeff Cole (Hidden Level), Aaditya Devarakonda (Dedrone), Grant Jordan\n(SkySafe), Matt McCardle (Amazon Prime Air), Eric Schwartz (Florida Power &amp;\nLight), David Shilliday (Honeywell), and Eric Brock (Ondas).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA), an independent 501c6 non-profit organization led by key members of the commercial drone industry, has announced that Matt Beckwith, VP of Business Development and Regulatory Affairs at Guardian Agriculture, has joined its Board of Directors. 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