Wing’s Latest Hires Will Lead Company to Expanded Drone Delivery Across the World
Google’s Wing is targeted on expanding drone delivery networks all over the world – bringing residential drone delivery to major metro areas. Now, the corporate has made appointments to 2 key leadership positions: welcoming Martín Gomez as Chief Technology Officer and Cosimo Leipold as Global Head of Partnerships. Long-time CTO Adam Woodworth was named as Wing’s CEO last yr.
Wing’s latest hires will take critical roles as the corporate moves forward to understand the Wing Delivery Network – their operational model for high-volume drone deliery in metro areas – and to support their latest partnership with Walmart within the U.S. That partnership will being within the Dallas Fort Price area, but represents a big example of residential BVLOS drone delivery, enabling service for an estimated 60,000 customers.
Because the FAA now estimates that a BVLOS rule will not be implemented until 2025, programs like Wing’s – and the operations enabled by recent FAA authorizations for UPS Flight Forward and Zipline – have turn out to be more necessary to creating business drone delivery viable. Because the drone delivery space begins to achieve speed, top players are vying for partnerships with retail and restaurant chains. Wing’s approach of enabling independent retailers to utilize drone delivery services, as they’ve done in Christianburg VA and Australia, may provide them with a bonus. “At Wing, a fundamental focus of Cosimo’s might be helping retailers integrate automated drone delivery in a zero-friction technique to realize the paradigm shift that Wing’s delivery represents,” says the corporate announcement.
Martín Gomez joins Wing after an extended profession at Aurora Flight Sciences, where he was most recently Senior Chief Engineer. He has worked as an engineer and technical leader for 40 years, across the fields of uncrewed aircraft systems, spacecraft, and embedded systems development.
Cosimo Leipold joins Wing after seven years at Nuro, a number one on-road autonomous delivery company, where he was a founding member. At Nuro, Cosimo led each the Strategy and Partnerships teams and helped the corporate secure multi-million dollar deals with a few of the world’s best known brands, including Walmart, Kroger, and UberEATS.
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