Petr Hejl

Petr Hejl

Training Manager

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chief Creative Officer at PhotoFlight Aerial Media LLC

  • Education

    • Tunxis Community College

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      Business Administration and Management, General
    • Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno

      1998 - 2001
      Business Administration and Management, General
  • Experience

    • Behan Management LLC

      Jul 2001 - Dec 2014
      Training Manager

      - Responsible for operations of four McDonald's restaurants with 230 employees and $11M annual sales volume.- Identifying and developing management talent and forming successful restaurant management teams.- Creating plans and supporting efforts to maintain profitable operations.- Human resources management.- Strategic and reinvestment planning.- Creating and supporting local marketing efforts.- Restaurant technology and facilities management.- Built and maintained positive relationships with company representatives, vendors, local and state officials. Show less

    • Stribog Media LLC - Notadrone.com

      Oct 2013 - Dec 2016
      Founder and Aerial Media Specialist at Stribog Media LLC, UAV/Drone Aerial Media Company

      - Founder and Owner- Manages Partner and Client Relations- FAA Approved UAS operator - Sec. 333 Exemption Holder- Active memer of UAV/UAS industry professional networks- UAV operator and builder- UAV trainer and coach- Captures and Creates aerial photos and videos using remotely-controlled multi-rotor aircraft. - Working with Production and Marketing partners to create compelling aerial video content.- Working with Real Estate companies and Developers to support their marketing efforts.- Editor and contributor at Multi-Rotor Pilot Magazine, first UAV magazine in the US. Show less

    • DroneVibes.com - Drone Vibes Podcast, Blog & Forum

      Apr 2014 - Dec 2016
      Podcast Host, Founding Member of Drone Vibes community

      Drone Vibes Podcast (formerly Multirotor Podcast) is the first drone/UAS podcast in the US with over 70k subscribers worldwide. The podcast content covers a broad range of subjects throughout the drone industry, product reviews, and interviews with experts and industry influencers.Drone Vibes Network syndicates specialty drone podcasts into a single feed, providing our listeners with magazine-style podcast experience.Drone Vibes Blog and Forum allow the community of listeners and podcast hosts to interact with each other, and share creative ideas and technological expertise. Show less

    • PhotoFlight Aerial Media LLC

      Jan 2017 - now
      Chief Creative Officer

      After spending four years as a freelancer and small business owner in UAS/drone industry, Petr has decided to grow the company to the next level by merging his business with another two skilled teams and create one of the largest UAS service providers in the US. With more robust operations, we are now better positioned to navigate the ever more challenging regulatory environment, provide better and wider portfolio of UAS services and solutions to our clients and partners in various industries. The three core pillars of our business are:Art: - high quality and production value drone photography and video.Productivity: - industrial and specialty drone applications, consulting, business integrationMarketing: - professional media content production.Petr is highly skilled UAS/Drone and Camera Operator, and at PhotoFlight Aerial Media he is responsible for creative content and product delivery.He works directly with clients to provide high quality professional drone photography and video content to support their creative, marketing, and productivity efforts.Resourceful, driven, focused, and always trying to push the limits of what's possible. He is constantly improving his skills by experimenting with difficult to execute photography and video techniques, and networking within the UAS and film industry. His specialties are two operator dynamic tracking video, panoramic, long exposure, and time-lapse drone photography. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • FAA Section 333 exemption commercial UAV operator

      Federal Aviation Administration