My Endeavors

Lafayette, Louisiana

Travis DeYoung

UAV / FAA Operations · Manufacturing · Field Systems

Hands-on UAV and field systems operator with experience across commercial and residential drone operations, aerial swarm production, FAA-monitored aviation, manufacturing, and mechanical production. Experienced with different company operations, aircraft maintenance, RTK/GNSS, and airworthiness verification. Also builds and ships practical software tools and has prior experience operating a multi-million-dollar business.

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Part 107

Active since Jan 2022

1,500

Largest swarm flown

$5M

Cajun Cannabis Year 2

7

Apps shipped

Chronology

Experience

  1. Jun 2025 – Jul 2026

    UAV · GuinnessSky Elements

    Pilot / Crew

    • Pilot-in-command, co-pilot, and crew on commercial aerial swarm shows (100–1,500 aircraft with pyrotechnics)
    • On-site field maintenance and component replacement on modular UV drones under show pressure
    • Setup and verification of Sky Command, access points, redundant systems, radio backup, and show coordinates
    • Pre-flight checklists, airworthiness verification, and coordination with full production crews
    • Part of the team that set a Guinness World Record (July 4, 2025)

  2. Jun 2024 – Nov 2025

    FAA-monitoredWing Aviation (Google)

    Ground Support & Visual Observer

    • Ground support: unload and dock aircraft, activate spider box and power, verify copper charge pads, pre-flight checks, Starlink, deploy
    • Visual Observer: elevated position, continuous comms with PIC, identification of non-radar objects
    • Zero manned-aircraft incursions under FAA monitoring

  3. Jul 2023 – Nov 2025

    DJI · commercialRoofer.com

    Drone Pilot & Part 107 Trainer

    • Pilot-in-command for commercial roof mapping and documentation (DJI Mavic and Air series)
    • Hundreds of scoped properties and hundreds of logged flight hours under standard operating procedures
    • Trained other pilots on Part 107 operations and safe site procedures

  4. 2019 – 2020

    StartupCajun Cannabis

    Founder / Operator

    • Built one of the state’s fastest-growing startups: $2M revenue Year 1, $5M Year 2
    • Full P&L — hiring, taxes, overhead, inventory, and daily operations

  5. 2008 – 2009

    Hardware + softwareQuality Energy Services

    GPS / GNSS Systems & Field Support

    • Updated company GPS/GNSS hardware and software systems
    • Field work staking rights-of-way for pipelines and power lines

  6. Fall 2006

    ManufacturingGeneral Motors — Shreveport Assembly

    Production & Quality

    • Hummer H3 line: brake-line install and inspection, battery install, rear-seat install
    • Quality control on a moving production line

Paper

Certifications

  • FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot

    Active since January 2022

  • Student Pilot

    First solo April 2021 · 40+ hours

  • HAAS Machinist

    Lathe and mill · familiar with G-code

  • Mechanical Engineering coursework

    University of Louisiana at Lafayette — AutoCAD, MATLAB, materials, statics / dynamics

  • Web development

    Self-taught HTML and modern tools · multiple production sites · seven apps shipped

Field footage

Watch the work

Footage drops here as links are attached. The story above stands on its own until then.

Technical Capabilities

Air & FAA

  • Part 107 (current)
  • FAA personnel / LAANC
  • PIC / VO / trainer
  • Checklist & airworthiness
  • DJI + swarm operations
  • RTK / GNSS
  • IMU / sensor fusion

Systems

  • Starlink
  • Spider box
  • KVM / radio / access points
  • Charge-pad diagnostics
  • iPad fleet activation
  • Field component replacement

Build

  • GM production line
  • Quality control
  • HAAS lathe / mill
  • AutoCAD / MATLAB
  • GPS hardware + software

Ops

  • P&L and hiring
  • Shipped production apps
  • AI-assisted development
  • Customer-facing product

Developer Hangar

Webapps I have personally designed, developed, and iterated.

Lafayette

Why DMR

Louisiana-built NDAA drones. Floor, flight line, and field — I already speak that language.

  • DMR is manufacturing in Lafayette — assembly, rotors, flight-control, QC, logistics. I have already done mass-production line work, QC, and field maintenance on live aircraft.
  • You need people who treat checklists as law. Solo, Part 107, Wing nests, and pyrotechnic swarm shows all fail if the list is skipped.
  • I already speak RTK, Starlink, iPad aircraft activation, charging pads, radios, access points, and KVM. I diagnose until it is airworthy or I send it to maintenance.
  • I am here. I am not relocating. I am looking for work next to my son — and next to your plant.

Personal

Drone photography

Selected stills from personal flights.

Lafayette, Louisiana · ready to start

Let’s put me on the line.

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