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Alistair Scott-Farris
Managing Director
Alistair is an experienced business leader, project director and quality professional with more than 15 years in the energy and resource sectors across the globe. Whilst his career commenced in quality and assurance, recent roles have focused on business development, strategy and commercial across the infrastructure, hydrocarbons and mining & metals sectors, with responsibility across the Asia Pacific. Alistair’s leadership at Terra Drone Australia permits his broad industry experience to provide data capture and analytics across varying industries, enabling clients to safely reduce their OpEx costs whilst improving production and productivity of their operations.
Will Wishart
Operations and Sales Manager
Will is responsible for overseeing aerial platforms including field operations and sales and leasing. He has spent much of his career consulting to the hydrocarbon and mining industry in Australia which has resulted in more than 15 years on ground experience. He has a strong understanding of legislation, risk management and technology capability which leads to efficient, safe and outcome focused mission execution. Will is an experienced Project Manager and RPAS operator.
Travis Marshall
Asset Inspection Manager
Travis is an experienced Project Manager and leads the Asset Inspection division of Terra Drone Australia. Travis has managed numerous projects across the mining, energy and agricultural sectors in Western Australia and abroad over the past five years. He is a certified Remote Pilot with significant experience undertaking both internal and external asset condition inspection using advanced inspection tools such as remote crawlers, remote aircraft and telescopic and tethered camera systems. Travis has a Geographical Information Science (GIS) background and a Spatial Science degree from Curtin University of Technology.
Stuart Paisley
Senior Photogrammetrist
Stuart is a Senior Analyst with qualifications in geodetic and geophysical survey. Having designed and delivered hundreds of imaging and LiDAR projects throughout Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, Stuart has an unrivalled knowledge of sensor deployment, calibration and management. Stuart’s work at Terra Drone Australia concentrates on sensor advisory and integration, data processing and workflow development.
Jian Chai
Geomatics Engineer
Jian holds a Degree in Surveying, a Masters in Geomatics and a Doctorate in Remote Sensing for BIM (Building Information Modelling) and Construction Engineering. Jian has world leading capabilities in the nexus between remote sensing and engineering. His post doctoral research was to monitor construction process with sensing and tracking techniques to improve intelligence level of construction process and enhance construction productivity.