
About Us
Our Dedicated Team

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.

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.

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.

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.
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).

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.

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

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.

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.
Our Advisors

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

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.

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.




