Our People

Aerobotika is a group of of dedicated and experienced UAS professionals with a passion for flight. Our staff have decades of scientific research, military, commercial aviation, and remotely piloted aircraft to create the perfect blend of experience and knowledge to advise and train individuals and organizations. JOIN OUR TEAM! Check out the careers section.
Paul Bennett
Founder and Chairman

Paul founded Aerobotika and continues to keep a high level involvement in strategic initiatives and product planning.

Paul’s career has been in technology integration in large enterprises and founded Aerobotika to help integrate Unmanned Aerial Systems into the daily operations of enterprises around the world.

Paul is also on the Board of Directors for Unmanned Systems Canada and serves on the USC executive committee as Communications Director.

James McCartney
President and CEO

James, employee #2, is co-founder of AAI and has been around since inception. He has been a technology instructor and facilitator for large Canadian and US institutions.

He has a masters degree in software engineering, a commerce degree and PMP designation.

James helps to manage new technology and strategic partnerships and is our chief.

Kate Kienapple
Traning Lead

Kate is responsible for all Aerobotika training programs and compliance.

Josh Haywood
Chief Technology Officer

Josh is the chief of everything tech. He designs, he builds, he has visions for the future.

Jonathan DeValk
Pilot and Flight Instructor

Jonathan is the captain of our fleet. He is responsible for all aircraft, piloting, and flight training.

Connor McKewan
Customer Service Lead

Connor is responsible for all things that make our customers happy. He is responsible for manning the phones, inquiries, and for social media marketing.

Mike Morellato
Data Lead

Mike’s passion is data “It’s all about the data” he says. What is it? What does it mean? What should we do with it?

David Gauthier
Media Specialist

David’s passion is for film and music. We make great use of his passion in our work with film and television customers and students.

Leilani Bennett
Human Resources and Risk Management

Leilani is an experienced entrepreneur that has decades of experience in human resources and risk management in several industries.
Leilani’s degree in MIS and HR has served Aerobotika well through our growth.

Chris Curtis
Pilot and Flight Trainer

Chris is an experienced professional UAV pilot and spends his spare time building UAVs and FPV racing for Lift RC