Cumulus Imaging
UAV Pilot, Aerial Drone Cinematography, and Aerial Photography and Videography in Dallas, Texas
As the owner of Cumulus Imaging a UAS consulting company, Michael has become one of the top experts in the area of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and their industrial applications. An FAA Part 107 UAS Pilot accumulating over 1000+ hours of flight time as Pilot-in-Command, Michael has earned certifications from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) and has achieved the highest level of UAS certification, Pro Level III, from the Unmanned Safety Institute (USI).
Michael’s experience includes using UAV technology for aerial mapping, telecom inspections, wind turbine inspections, oil & gas inspections, critical infrastructure inspections, search and rescue, as well as construction progress videos.
Michael holds several board positions on technology and UAS organizations and regularly speaks at community and industry events on the advancement of STEM in the UAS industry. Serving as a UAS Consultant to companies on integrating drones into their respective industries, he has helped develop safety training curriculum for workforce development within several organizations.
Michael has Introduced high school students, community members, businesses and organizations to the unmanned aerial vehicles industry and trained and mentored many of these individuals to become licensed remote pilots. His work engaging politicians, government officials, large businesses and educational institutions in developing their UAS (Drone) policies and procedures is helping in changing regulations in Texas.
He volunteers his drones and his flying abilities to several local police and fire depts for any number of tasks from surveillance to search and rescue.
• 1000+ hours of UAS flight time as a Pilot-in-Command (Log files available)
• 75+ hours of UAS nighttime flying experience as a Pilot-in-Command under my 107.29 wavier
• 500+ hours of UAS flight time in the last year as a Pilot-in-Command
• 100+ Infrastructure inspections as a Pilot-in-Command
• 400+ Wind Turbine inspections as a Pilot-in-Command
• 500+ Telecom Tower Inspections as Pilot-in-Command
• 115+ Healthcare Facilities Virtual Tours Created and Produced using UAS
• 1000+ acres of land Mapped and Cataloged using UAS