Our mission
At Dedrone we believe in a flat organization where individual empowerment and open communication drive a more robust and innovative solution set for our customers.
Although our employees are spread across multiple continents, Dedrone operates as one cohesive unit. Our diverse team includes individuals from successful startups, large enterprises, research centers and even military backgrounds. Together, we work tirelessly to develop technology that addresses the most challenging airspace security issues that our customers face today.
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Aaditya Devarakonda
CEO
Aaditya Devarakonda
AD leads the global Dedrone team, advancing our vision of airspace security. He has advised and partnered with multiple CEOs, boards and management teams to build and scale highly successful companies globally.
Ingo Seebach
CSO, Co-Founder
Ingo Seebach
In 2013 when a toy drone crashed into a stage in front of Angela Merkel, Ingo Seebach was the first to have the idea of creating technology to protect from drone threats. Today, Ingo also serves as Managing Director of Dedrone GmbH in addition to driving Dedrone’s global strategy.
Russ Haugan
Chief Operating Officer
Russ Haugan
drives Dedrone’s global operations, including production and support. His high-tech career spans from engineering execution to business management, including, most recently as CEO of Aerial Armor. He is passionate about airspace security being a cornerstone in public safety now and into the future.
Ben Wenger
Chief Revenue Officer
Ben Wenger
leads Dedrone’s global sales team to provide best-in-class counter-drone technology to enterprise and government customers around the world. Ben has previously served as Vice President of Sales for emergency communication technology company Everbridge, where built the go-to-market strategy to include strategic global integrators and scaled the global sales team to meet significant revenue growth.
Mary-Lou Smulders
Chief Marketing Officer
Mary-Lou Smulders
leads Dedrone's global marketing and communications team. During her twenty-year high-tech career, Mary-Lou served as CMO at several enterprise software entities including financial technology company 9th Gear and crisis communication systems leader AtHoc. Additionally, she served as Senior Vice President of Global Applications and Services Marketing for Oracle Corporation and started her career as a rig engineer.
Matt Altman
Chief Technology Officer
Matt Altman
leads Dedrone’s overall product strategy and engineering execution, leveraging his almost 20 years of technology industry experience and counter-drone expertise. Prior to Dedrone, Matt served as CTO and co-founder of Aerial Armor, a counter-drone company, where he led software development and was instrumental in its success.
Sara Devitt
Chief People Officer
Sara Devitt
Sara leads Dedrone's people operations. With over ten years of experience in organizational development consulting at Harvard Business Publishing, she transitioned to internal positions where she successfully led HR teams at notable companies like Healthfirst, Industrious, Hinge, and Emotive. Throughout her career, Sara has gained expertise across various industries and tackled crucial business challenges through inventive people and talent strategies.
Danny Guan
Chief Product Officer
Danny Guan
leads Dedrone’s product strategy and definition processes across its airspace security suite. His experience encompasses computer vision, sensor-fusion and robotics including at Amazon, where he spent seven years in engineering leadership for software and hardware technologies.
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John Chambers
Former ceo
cisco systems inc.
Richard Clarke
Retired General, US Army
Jim Smith
Former Acquisition Executive for US Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
Jun 2024
Launches DedroneOnTheMove
Apr 2024
DHS Awards SAFETY Act
Jan 2024
Wins Best Place to Work
Jun 2023
Dedrone releases DedroneTactical, the first cUAS expeditionary kit with AI/ML driven sensor-fusion including RF-sensors, radar & camera
Mar 2023
Dedrone launches City-Wide Drone Detection
Dec 2022
Dedrone Acquires Aerial Armor to Accelerate Airspace Security Leadership
Oct 2022
Dedrone launches DedroneDefender, a smart jammer for urban environments
Jul 2022
Dedrone closes $30 Million Series C-1 Financing led by Axon. DedroneTracker 5.1 releases and becomes 1st true CUAS C2 system.
Apr 2022
Dedrone launches first trailer-based counter-drone unit, DedroneRapidResponse, for law enforcement
Dec 2021
Dedrone closes $30.5 million Series C financing round led by Axon
Jun 2021
1000th DedroneSensor sold
Oct 2020
Dedrone secures $12.1m in funding, led by TempoCap
Sep 2020
Dedrone releases DedroneSensor RF-360 for advanced detection in urban environments
Jan 2020
Dedrone releases new DedroneSensor RF-160 with increased detection range, integrated LTE and advanced analytics
Nov 2019
Dedrone releases DedroneTracker 4.1, providing advanced radar & PTZ camera integration
Oct 2019
Dedrone Acquires DroneDefender, Launches DedroneDefense
Apr 2019
DedroneTracker 4 released, including heat maps and advanced airspace analytics
Sep 2018
Dedrone introduces swarm detection capabilities with DedroneTracker 3.5
May 2017
Dedrone raises $15 million in Series B funding, led by Felicis Ventures and John Chambers, ex-CEO of Cisco
May 2016
Dedrone raises $10 million in series A funding, led by Menlo Ventures
Apr 2015
Dedrone receives $3 million in seed funding from venture firm Target Partners
Jan 2015
Dedrone’s first counter-drone solution launched
Feb 2014
Dedrone is founded and begins development of its first prototype