Volatus Infrastructure has named three members of its future leadership team and first senior hires.
Dan Sloat will join as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) working alongside Co-Founder Grant Fisk. Bob Johnson will take the lead as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) heading up Volatus’ global business development teams and fostering new relationships. Nicolas Zart will take the role of Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) working closely with Dan to champion the eVTOL industry into reality.
Dan Sloat is a JD/MBA, prior United States Air Force Captain who earned a Humanitarian Service Medal for his efforts to aid Syrian refugees during Operation Inherent Resolve in the fight against ISIS. He is a UAS Traffic Management expert with direct operational experience orchestrating the safe and efficient navigation of 13,000 drones. He’s also Founder of the Advanced Air Mobility Institute, an international non-profit dedicated to educate and advocate for the broadest public benefit through the AAM ecosystem globally.
Bob Johnson is an early adapter of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) technology with senior executive business development expertise for both startup and corporate companies devising worldwide revenue and growth, and establishing market leadership for innovation in aviation, robotics, telecom, transportation, energy and software technologies. He is a founding member of the Georgia UAS Working Group at Georgia Tech and member of the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) AAM Working Group.
Nicolas Zart is the former Director of Strategic Development for Vertical Flight Society and has covered the electric mobility industry as a journalist for the last 15 years. He has been a contributing author at Vertiflite magazine since 2017 and consulted in communications with electric vehicles and AAM startups.
“It’s been my pleasure to author the beginning almost three years of Volatus Infrastructure,” said Grant Fisk, Co-Founder of Volatus Infrastructure. “The next chapter of Volatus is being written today by bringing together some of the brightest minds in the AAM industry. The impact Dan, Nicolas and Bob have already had on the AAM industry is immeasurable and I could not be more honored that they are now leading roles in the Volatus story.”
