InterDrone 2019

Italo Cruz




Italo Cruz is a Sr. Applied Technology Specialist at Rogers O’Brien Construction (RO); in charge of the drone program, with a drone fleet of 24 drones spread across Texas. Implemented, drone ground control points (GCP’s) and 360 Reality Capture to improve accuracy and communication across projects at RO. Recently, he trained new drone pilots for the Part 107 certification program and implemented automatic cloud services to more than 750 users Texas wide and platform integrations to reduce double data entry. Italo’s speaking engagements range from internal training to RO employees and trade partners, to trade shows, such as Bluebeam XCON, and schools in the community. In college, he spent the summers working on internships, participated in TEXO competitions, and won two years in a row the Synchro 4D Scheduling Student Competition 2014, 2015. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering with a minor in Business from Texas A&M Commerce, he graduated with a post-graduate program in Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) in the Center of Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) at Stanford University.

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