I was the first hire for the marketing team in June 2024, and now we have a full six person team.
ACS is a defense technology startup. We’ve developed a robot (Bullfrog) that uses a machine gun to shoot drones out of the sky. It’s an ingenious combo of computer vision + EE + MechE.
Here’s a video. It is an awesome product.
The second part of my job at ACS is to produce our podcast, The Drone Ultimatum.
What initially started out as a hobby project of our company President (my ultimate boss) has turned into a full-blown voice in the industry. We launched in September 2024 and have published over 60 episodes to date. Tens of thousands of downloads. We record every episode face-to-face, in person.
I’m in charge of everything except the hosting. I book the guests, organize logistics, prep the topics & questions, hire and manage the editor, set up and maintain the AV equipment, sit in the room and manage the recording process (while also speaking up occasionally during the episode), and a few other miscellaneous things.
It’s a lot of work, but it’s a lot of fun.
My other full-time job is being a husband and a dad. Best jobs in the world. Men, I highly recommend it.
I grew up in northwestern Wisconsin. I went to Notre Dame for college and moved to the Washington D.C. area to get into politics, which I did for just one year before finding ACS.
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