Leadership

Sean is a co-founder of UAS Colorado. He also serves as the CEO and co-founder of the National Veterans Vocational Village (NV3) Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colorado, restoring veterans to community life and productivity. He has years of experience in crisis management, strategic analysis & planning, government/political interface, and personnel/group leadership & management. He comes with several years of military RPA experience with special operations and US Northern Command. His education includes an MA in International Relations / Strategic Studies from International University, London, a BS from Warrington College at the University of Florida, and military training including Air War College and technical specialty courses such as space operations, joint air & missile defense operations, homeland security & defense, special operations.

John is a co-founder of UAS Colorado. He also serves as the Director of Operations at Lemasters Group Consulting and Services, Warrenton, Virginia. He is a 1988 Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and completed a 24-year Air Force career spanning 12 years active duty and 12 years in the Air Force Reserves. He is a Command Pilot with over 30,000 total hours of flight.  He is rated in the T-38, T-1A, KC-10A, and T-37 aircraft. He was an Instructor Pilot for the Specialized Undergraduate Flight Training program in the T-1A and T-38 aircraft.

Allen is a co-founder of UAS Colorado. He also serves as the President/CEO of Reference Technologies Inc., Lafayette, Colorado where he is the architect of the company’s Hybrid Unmanned Aerial Systems, and ground-based robotics solutions. He started up multiple companies including VisionTEK, a leading mobile software applications company focused on the law enforcement market, and Automated Storage Inc, a robotics-based data storage company. He is a reserve volunteer with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and serves on the SWAT Tech Team. He is an Air Force veteran and pilot with a 2nd class medical certificate and 5,000 hours of pilot in command experience.

Constantin is a co-founder and past President of UAS Colorado. In his fifteen-year career in the Automotive Industry, Constantin has worked in R&D, Design, Engineering, Manufacturing planning, International Program Management, and Sales, providing a solid understanding of all aspects of Product Development. He has performed in key roles managing International Product Development and Product Launch Projects with multi-cultural and multi-lingual product teams. He has an educational background in Industrial Product Design and Mechanical Engineering. Constantin is a private pilot and commercial remote pilot.

 Dr. Argow is a co-founder of UAS Colorado. He also serves as a Professor and Chair, Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Director, Integrated Remote & In-Situ Sensing Systems Program (IRISS), and the Schaden Leadership Chair at the Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV) at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Jack is CEO and co-founder of Black Swift Technologies. He has a strong background in conducting in-situ atmospheric measurements from UAS and issues associated with operating unmanned aircraft in hazardous conditions. Dr. Elston received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the technical lead on all avionics. He has been the PI for Phase I and Phase II SBIR efforts including developing systems sampling hurricanes with UAS and investigating Venus’ atmosphere with fixed-wing aircraft.