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Teaming to Close the Skills Gap in

PRECISION AGRICULTURE AUVSI Precision Ag Conference TIFTON, GA - FEBRUARY 11, 2014 www.ellevision.com

“ElleVisionaries” A team of teams that bring together

unmanned aerial platforms, multispectral imagery, advanced software & knowledge transfer to help growers make better decisions

Since Last Year Focus: Identifying Pains, Developing Solutions Researching, Site visits, Discovery: Growers’ Pains

“Use Case” Proofs of Concept & Business Cases UAS, Sensor, and Delivery Solution-finding (expanding sensor awareness and agnosticism)

Now: Industry Team-ups, Bridging Skills Gaps

Uniting and Refining the

Precision Ag UAS Ecosystem Agriculture & Horticulture Intervention Experts UAS Platforms Sensors & Imagery Analysis

Data Processing & Delivery

Skills Gap Technical Skills UAS Building, Operation

Imagery Analysis

Transactional Skills Understand Client

Answer Needs Deliver Value

Safety & Compliance

“ElleVisionary” Team Roles Bridging the growing

SKILLS GAPS by combining Education & Industry in Real-World Jobsite “Laboratories”

Outcomes:

Learned Skills Jobs Creation

Economic Growth Agricultural Benefits

Case Study: ATC Institutional Partnerships “Flipped” Classrooms

Agile Curriculum

Team-up: Nano Robotics Real-world blended class & laboratory environment: •

Addresses both Technical & Transactional Skills Gaps



Agile Curriculum + F2F Interactions

Outcomes: •

Sustainable Precision Agriculture



Business Results



Highly-skilled job-ready technicians

Partnerships Are Key UAS Industry – Platforms, Payloads, & Power

Agriculture – Crop-specific needs/expertise Education – MOOCs, badging, certifications Software – analytics, User Experience (UX)

Government – safety, compliance, licensing

www.ellevision.com

JOIN US Richard Holloman [email protected] (703) 209-1540

Henry Oddi [email protected] (912) 293-1725

The Big Picture

UAS & Precision Ag (Preaching to the Choir)

SHARED DISCOVERY. THAT’S WHY WE’RE ALL HERE.

Remarkable Array of Platforms and Sensors