Our team.

Paul Huish

Chief Executive Officer | Founder

Paul founded DroneHive in 2016 to fill the need that corporations have for professional drone expert services. He has more than a dozen years of experience in resource management in technical contract labour and staff augmentation in multinational corporations, specifically within heavily regulated industries. At DroneHive, he is responsible for company strategy, business development, and oversees flight operations.

Prior to founding DroneHive, Paul helped build a global resource management firm supporting the highly-regulated drug and medical device manufacturing companies. In his eight years at Validant, he helped the company grow from a start-up to more than $100 million in annual revenue. He is an expert at helping clients manage resources and create jobs without a long-term commitment during periods of uncertain growth.

Paul holds a B.S. degree in Finance from Lehigh University and started his career as a financial analyst on Wall Street. He is a certified remote pilot and spends his free time with his wife and children enjoying the outdoors.

Willem Slor

Director of Operations

Willem previously supported YouTube development as a research coordinator at Vaco. He hails from the Netherlands and brings a passion for data science and helping drone pilots jumpstart their UAS careers. He leads DroneHive recruiting efforts and pilot operations in the DroneHive community.

Willem has a Masters degree in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam and is fluent in English and Dutch. He also knows a little German and is actively learning other languages. In his free time, he enjoys traveling and spending as much time as possible outdoors, playing soccer, and attending the occasional happy hour.

Peter Ning

Flight Operations Director

Prior to transitioning into the UAV industry, Peter ran a consulting research and engineering practice. His focus was to develop and deploy innovative geophysical field instrumentation at remote sites to monitor, detect and forecast satellite communications disturbances caused by the ionosphere. He has designed wearable mobility aid prototypes for the blind, patient tuning systems for breathing pacemakers and other neurostimulator applications.

Sterling Roberts

Flight Operations Manager

Sterling Roberts is a drone aficionado with more than five years of experience in the industry. Having a background in geology and environmental science, Sterling used drones to study ore deposits and the environmental remediation of Utah’s lakes and tributaries. He entered into the commercial drone space at Loveland Innovations, which developed drone software for property inspections and analytics platforms. He specializes in product development, scaling businesses and process innovation through drones. At DroneHive, he is responsible for flight operations.

Sterling has a B.S. in Environmental Science from Utah Valley University. In his downtime, he is the quintessential Utah man. He loves snowboarding, camping, target shooting, mountain biking and DIY projects, most recently rebuilding a 1979 pop up camper with his wife.

Michael Walcker

Safety Officer

Michael is a native of southwestern North Dakota and attended the University of North Dakota where he earned a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Aviation Professional Flight. He has been a professional pilot and flight instructor for more than 17 years and has accumulated over 7,500 hours of total flight time. He has over  5,000 hours as an instructor, and even earned the “Gold Seal” instructor designation by the FAA. Michael also received the Master CFI designation from NAFI in 2009. He has taught in ab initio flight training programs for Korean Air, Japan Airlines, and EVA Air. Michael currently flies with a Part 91/135 operation with a small Bay Area corporate flight department that flies both domestic and international flights. In his personal time, Michael enjoys leading an active and healthy lifestyle with his family.

Tage Monroe

Flight Operations Coordinator

Tage  is responsible for leading DroneHive’s pilot management efforts worldwide, building exceptional client experiences, and enabling ambitious pilots to plan, route, and execute their UAS experience.

Since 2017, Tage has held many roles in the UAS industry, contributing to and supporting the industry through multiple stages of growth. His responsibilities have included engineering and programming a fleet of racing drones, managing his own professional UAS business, supporting the Utah Drone Racing Association and serving as the program’s Presidential Assistant of Operations.

Before joining DroneHive, Tage received a degree in Aviation Management from Utah Valley University. Tage is expected to continue his academics at the University of Utah, where he has received a full-ride scholarship as a pre-medical student.

Jay Newman

Flight Operations Coordinator

When Jay was 8 years old, he received his first RC airplane and then the following year, his very first GoPro. Since then, he has developed a passion and interest in RC tech, photography, and videography. Jay is currently studying at Utah Valley University and working toward a Business Marketing degree. He specifically enjoys working with social media. The creativity to use social media as a marketing tool and share different types of content across multiple platforms is an interesting challenge. In his free time, Jay enjoys snowboarding and spending time outdoors.

Malinda Grose

Controller

Malinda joined the DroneHive team in 2018. She has her undergraduate degree in Accounting and her Masters degree in Finance. While she loves working with numbers, she loves the great outdoors even more. When she is not working, she can be found snowboarding, backpacking, or on her stand-up paddle board with her family.