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In 2018, I deployed to Syria as part of the multinational coalition to defeat the Islamic State. While there, I experienced first-hand the emerging threat from small drones and realized that the existing and planned defenses against them wouldn't be the right systems needed to bring Soldiers like mine home alive. When I returned home, we set to work designing a system that would help Soldiers on the ground engage and defeat small drones threatening them. Our systems are designed so that no Soldier will ever be powerless against this threat. Kinard exists to solve this and other complex and emerging problems in unique, scalable, technology enabled ways. 


-Dane Pigott, CEO and Co-Founder

Kinard team

Dane Pigott - CEO

Westin Pigott - CTO

Westin Pigott - CTO

Captain, United States Army Reserve. Deployed to Syria and Afghanistan in support of combined joint task forces. Former COO of Pythagoras. Bachelors of Architecture, Iowa State University.

Westin Pigott - CTO

Westin Pigott - CTO

Westin Pigott - CTO

  Software design lead for CATS and architect of WeapOS operating system. Co-founder of Pythagoras, commercial software consulting, sold to TechInsights, 2019. Former VP of Software Development, TechInsights; grew team from 6 to 116 engineers. Bachelors of Science, Management Information Systems, Purdue University.

Michael Chase - COO

Westin Pigott - CTO

Michael Chase - COO

  Growth and operations expert. Former Vice-President of Systems, Edge Networks. Former COO and VP Operations, Wyless; sold to Kore for $187 million. Founder and COO of OTBT; sold to Tech Data Corp (now TDSynnex). Former mechanical engineer, Wilcox Industries, designed operational equipment for Naval Special Warfare. 

Kinard Technologies

Oak Ridge, TN 37830

(813) 563-5600 info@kinardtechnologies.com

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