Michael is the president of Air Operations Inc., the director of customer success for Florida Drone Supply, and the South Florida FAA safety team lead for Drone Pro. I am a Central Missouri State University graduate with a B.S. in Aviation Management – Professional Pilot, and Miami Dade College's Aviation Management program – CTI, for Air Traffic Control. Michael was moving into a career post-college with the airlines, with a pilot internship right out of school. Then 9/11 happened and changed everything for so many. He then transitioned to the FAA as an Air Traffic Controller for Kansas City Center. A few years later, he relocated to Birmingham, Alabama, to be with his wife and to work for the Birmingham Airport Authority's Air Operations Department. While in Alabama, he started a youth program dedicated to educating high school students about different careers in aviation. Then he moved to Florida, where he worked for Air Operations Inc., a pilot services and aviation event management company that manages drone events and air traffic operations for airshows/expos. Air Operations Inc. works with Organizations such as: MultiGP, Sebring Airport Authority, Sun ‘n Fun Inc., and the Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh, WI. When Michael is not managing an aviation event, he manages flight operations and performs UAS training at Florida Drone Supply, teaching and flying fixed-wing aircraft and drones as a commercial 107 pilot. He also volunteers to teach today's youth as a charter representative of the South Florida Learning for Life’s Aviation Explorers and Civil Air Patrol Cadet father.