Draganfly Inc. (CSE: DFLY) (OTCQB: DFLYF) (FSE: 3U8)
(“
Draganfly” or the “
Company”),
an award-winning, industry-leading manufacturer within the
commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (“
UAV”),
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (“
RPAS”), and
unmanned vehicle sector (“
UVS”), today announced
that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Jack C. Chow as an
advisory member to its Board.
Draganfly announced on March 26, 2020 that it
had been selected as the exclusive global systems integrator for
the Vital Intelligence
Project a healthcare data services & deep learning
company in conjunction with the University of South Australia,
using technology developed with help from the Australian Department
of Defence Science and Technology Group. The Vital Intelligence
Project is a health and respiratory monitoring platform utilizing
new and existing camera networks as well as UAVs and RPAS being
immediately commercialized for health monitoring and detection of
infectious and respiratory conditions.
Dr. Chow held the rank of ambassador as the
Special Representative on Global HIV/AIDS for Secretary of State
Colin Powell and as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Health and Science, the first U.S. diplomat of ambassador rank
appointed to a public health mission. He led American diplomatic
efforts in the establishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and in countering global infectious
diseases and bioterrorism threats.
In previous positions, Dr. Chow served as a
senior official at the State Department's global affairs office,
both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the Public
Health Service at HHS, the Fogarty International Center of NIH, and
the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In the
private sector, he has been a consultant on global health at the
RAND Corporation, McKinsey & Company, and PRTM/PwC.
He is currently Distinguished Professor on
Global Health at Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College for
Public Policy. He has served multiple times as a Sharkey
Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Seton Hall University's School of
Diplomacy and International Affairs. He was a 2013 Fellow at the
Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, where he conducted research
on the structure and design of national strategic policies.
“We are incredibly honoured to have Jack join
our board of advisors. His experience working with the World Health
Organization and his efforts on countering global infectious
diseases and bioterrorism threats is incredibly insightful for the
Vital Intelligence project that Draganfly has been selected to work
on,” said Cameron Chell, Draganfly CEO.
“I am extremely honoured to have been asked to
join Draganfly’s board of advisors,” said Dr. Chow. “Working with
this extraordinary team which will commercialize a platform for
health monitoring and detection of infectious and respiratory
conditions is very important as we enter a new world in health
services.”
Dr. Chow earned an MS in Health Policy
from the University of California, Berkeley, his MD from the
University of California, San Francisco, an MPA in International
Policy from Harvard, and an MBA in Finance from the Chicago Booth
School of Business.
Draganfly Board of Directors appointed Former
White House Chief of Staff and US Secretary of Transportation
Andrew H. Card as Director of the company in November 2019, Julie
Myers Wood, Presidential Appointee and Former Assistant Secretary
of Homeland Security to the Draganfly board of advisors on March 3,
2020 and Molly Wilkinson, American Airlines VP of Regulatory
Affairs and former Republican General Counsel for Homeland
Security.
About Draganfly
Draganfly Inc. (CSE: DFLY; OTCQB: DFLYF; FSE:
3U8) is the creator of quality, cutting-edge, UVS and software that
revolutionizes the way people do business. Recognized as being at
the forefront of technology for over 22 years, Draganfly is an
award-winning, industry-leading manufacturer within the commercial
UAV and UVS space, serving the public safety, agriculture,
industrial inspections and mapping and surveying markets. Draganfly
is a company driven by passion, ingenuity and the need to provide
efficient solutions and first-class services to its customers
around the world with the goal of saving time, money and lives.
For more information on Draganfly, please visit us
at www.draganfly.com. For additional investor information,
visit https://www.thecse.com/en/listings/technology/draganfly-inc, https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/DFLYF/overview
or https://www.boerse-frankfurt.de/aktie/draganfly-inc.
Media Contact Arian Hopkins email:
media@draganfly.com
Company Contact Phone: 1-306-955-9907 Email:
info@draganfly.com
Forward-Looking Statements
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statements” and certain “forward-looking information” as defined
under applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking
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of forward-looking terminology such as “may”, “will”, “expect”,
“intend”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “continue”, “plans”
or similar terminology. Forward-looking statements and information
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to be reasonable, are inherently subject to significant business,
economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies.
Forward-looking statements and information are subject to various
known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond
the ability of the Company to control or predict, that may cause
the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be
materially different from those expressed or implied thereby, and
are developed based on assumptions about such risks, uncertainties
and other factors set out here in, including but not limited to:
the inherent risks involved in the general securities markets;
uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing
needed in the future; the inherent uncertainty of cost estimates
and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses, currency
fluctuations; regulatory restrictions, liability, competition, loss
of key employees and other related risks and uncertainties. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking
information except as required by applicable law. Such
forward-looking information represents managements’ best judgment
based on information currently available. No forward-looking
statement can be guaranteed and actual future results may vary
materially. Accordingly, readers are advised not to place undue
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