John Buell is regarded as an “Expert Operator and Design Specialist of Small Unmanned Air and Ground Systems.  He has over 20 years of experience as a Peace Officer in Austin Texas working in the Bomb Squad as a Chemical/Biological/Radiological Specialist, Organized Crime Division, Clandestine Lab Response Team, Public Safety Recovery DIVE Team, and Specialized Patrol Division/SAR Team.

John has served 14 years as a member of our Armed Forces serving the last 6 years with the 6th Weapons Of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team Texas Army National Guard Honorably discharged as a disabled veteran from a knee injury.  John has been building and flying radio controlled fixed-wing and multi-rotor hover platforms and devotes much of his free time volunteering to promote public safety uses of robotics for life saving.

John Buell and Gene Robinson have designed a turn key SUAS Flight Team Training Program for professional minded organizations and businesses seeking to leverage this technology for insource SUAS operations. The Drone Pilot Flight Team cadre, made up of public safety professionals have completed missions all over the US and overseas for a wide range of clients. John Buell has created a copyrighted UA flight team standard operating manual that’s currently being deployed by public safety agencies in Texas.