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About Us

Our Dedicated Team

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Dr. Piyush Harsh

Co-Founder &

Chief Executive Officer

Piyush, a distributed systems expert trained at IIT Roorkee and the University of Florida, has led multi-million Euro projects across mobile, climate, sustainability, and cloud tech over two decades. His last venture, Terraview, was acquired by Gamaya SA. He brings strong experience in lean operations and scaling teams across time zones.

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Andy Edmonds

Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer

Andy, a Trinity College alum with a background in distributed systems, brings deep expertise from his time at Siemens and Intel. He co-authored the OGF OCCI standard and has led multi-million Euro projects in cloud robotics, data centre automation, and large-scale test infrastructures.

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Dr. Richard Newman

Co-founder & Chief Systems Officer

Prof. Newman, a University of Rochester alum, brings extensive experience from Xerox PARC, Raytheon, Navy Research Labs, and other U.S. defense contractors. He has led multi-million USD R&D efforts at the University of Florida and holds numerous patents. At Aerial Tech, he leads systems integration and communication security for dual-use platforms.​​​​

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Murali Manohar

Chief Operating Officer

Murali brings over 18 years of experience leading finance and operations across corporate and entrepreneurial environments. As Chief Operating Officer, he draws on a unique blend of strategic financial leadership, operational execution, and hands-on business building. Murali has demonstrated a pragmatic, results-driven leadership style rooted in accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

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Empowering the 
Drone Economy

Ensuring safer, smarter skies for all.

OUR STORY

Born in Turin from a real-world need: during a project meeting, European CXOs discussed challenges in drone enforcement. That sparked the idea. Co-founders Piyush, Andy, and Richard combined their defense tech, hardware, and cybersecurity expertise to launch Aerial Tech.

Today, Aerial Tech operates globally through its subsidiaries: AerialTech AG (Switzerland) and AerialGrid Private Limited (India).

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OUR MISSION

Our mission is to become a 1-stop solution for securing lower altitude airspace, both for civilian and dual-use applications.

We want to enable the autonomous drone corridors, provide lower airspace intelligence to law enforcement agencies, and critical infrastructure operators, and instill a sense of privacy for inhabitants of a modern smart city vis-a-vis an ever increasing drone activity around their living spaces.

OUR VISION

Our vision is to become a single most critical enabling cog in the wheels of the global drone economy.

Over next 5 years, we want to extend the reach of our low power all-weather external sensors cover all relevant global drone corridors, be the canonical data provider enabling seamless UAV operations at the global scale.

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Lukasz Janasz

Principal Engineer

Cloud & embedded systems expert with experience in robotics, Docker, and infrastructure across major tech companies.

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Carmen van Staden

Software Engineer

Full stack web and mobile developer with experience designing and implementing scalable, cross-platform applications. Passionate about emerging technologies and cybersecurity.

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Akshay Dubey

Software Developer

Python backend & ML developer specializing in FastAPI, model deployment, and computer vision solutions.

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Sonal Verma

Senior Marketing

Officer 

A multi-industry communication professional and optimized content strategist with 10+ years of experience in crafting purposeful narratives that align teams and amplify brand voice.

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Marcela Mattos

Marketing &

Communication 

Marketing and communication specialist with a focus on relationship marketing. Skilled in building high-performing digital strategies that drive engagement, retention, and business growth.

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Our Advisors

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Mr. Prodosh Banerjee

Advisor at Aerial Tech. Expert in scaling digital organizations with a focus on business development, executive leadership, and strategic growth.

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Mr. Imre Kovács

Head of Innovation at RUAG. Leads advanced R&D in radar, electronics, and AI/ML systems for aerospace, with deep experience in defense and threat detection.

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Mr. Dhanesh Kothari

27+ years in global IT leadership, now focused on impact-driven tech startups. Founder of pi2Life and advisor to SwissBorg and top Swiss ICOs.

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Dr. h. c. Nik Gugger

Nik has more than 30 years of engineering & political experience, and is a sought after international speaker. Nik has been a critical force behind EFTA-India FTA and is advising Aerial Tech on international expansion strategies.

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