Maxime Lapierre is the Chief Operations Officer and co-founder at Flytbox Aerial Solutions Inc., a RPAS training solutions company. He is a career Geographic Information Systems (GIS) professional having worked in government, academia, and the private sector. Max has experience with EMO, Search and Rescue, and the Canadian Forces. His GIS career focused on land use planning, marine management, asset management, and land use and occupancy research. Max spends a lot of his time using drones to support research efforts and building drone capacity within indigenous communities as well as volunteer emergency and safety organizations. He currently sits on Transport Canada’s Drone Advisory Committee.