CEO
RED CAT
Thompson is a serial tech entrepreneur who has led companies from the startup phase to successful exits and IPOs. Founder of EdgeNet, a private ISP, and co-founder of Towerstream, a wireless service provider (public 2007 NASDAQ). In 2018 he founded Red Cat, the company at the forefront of providing solutions for the rapidly growing commercial and recreational drone industries.
COO
RED CAT
Chris Ericson has extensive finance, accounting and public company reporting experience. Prior to his appointment as Red Cat’s Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Ericson served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since March 2025. Previously, Mr. Ericson was the Head of Finance and Accounting at Western Steel Buildings, where he played a pivotal role in scaling financial operations and optimizing compliance and governance structures to support rapid business growth. Mr. Ericson’s experience also includes 11 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and senior finance roles at Nu Skin Enterprises, where he served as Chief Audit Executive, VP of Business Development, and VP of Finance for its agriculture technology division. Mr. Ericson is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Master of Accountancy degree and Bachelor of Science in Accountancy degree from Brigham Young University.
CFO
RED CAT
Christian Morrison is a seasoned finance executive with more than 20 years of leadership experience guiding organizations through high-stakes financial milestones, including IPOs, M&A transactions, divestitures, and major business transformations. His expertise spans financial strategy, risk management, SEC reporting, forecasting, and global tax compliance. Mr. Morrison brings deep cross-industry experience in consumer electronics, e-commerce, retail, gaming, health-care manufacturing, and media.
Prior to his appointment as the Company’s CFO, he served as VP of Finance, Controller, and Interim CFO at Skullcandy Inc. (ticker: SKUL), where he played a pivotal role in the strategic transition from public to private. He also helped establish Varex Imaging Inc. (ticker: VREX) as a publicly traded company. Mr. Morrison’s experience also includes 7 years at Ernst and Young in the Assurance practice in the Las Vegas and Dallas offices. Mr. Morrison is a certified public accountant and has a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy degree from Brigham Young University – Hawaii Campus.
SVP, Business Operations
RED CAT
Rachel Erb, Senior Vice President of Business Operations at Red Cat Holdings, brings extensive experience in the drone industry, including her previous role as Director of Customer Business Operations at AeroVironment. With a strong background in business operations and a deep understanding of unmanned systems, Rachel excels at building and streamlining processes, driving growth, and ensuring operational excellence. Her expertise supports Red Cat’s mission to deliver advanced drone solutions for military, government, and commercial applications.
Committed to empowering the warfighter, Rachel has played a key role in expanding Red Cat’s reach by designing and implementing Sales Enablement processes, and identifying continuous improvement opportunities across the company. Under her leadership, the company continues to develop and provide mission-critical technology that enhances situational awareness, surveillance, and operational effectiveness.
Looking ahead, Rachel is focused on furthering Red Cat’s impact with a focus on the development of industry leading procedures across the entire company.
Vice President, Operations
FLIGHTWAVE
Introducing Bree Madison, Vice President of Operations at FlightWave Aerospace. A seasoned operational leader known for driving strategic transformation, scalable growth, and high-impact organizational change.
With more than 15 years of experience across aerospace, defense, biotechnology, and advanced manufacturing, Bree has built a career defined by measurable results and operational excellence. She has led major revenue turnarounds, established high-performing teams, and built world-class quality and continuous improvement systems that strengthened compliance, reduced risk, and unlocked multimillion-dollar efficiencies.
Throughout her career, Bree has delivered standout achievements such as achieving zero-finding quality audits, transforming underperforming operations into top-performing organizations, tripling revenue through operational recovery, cutting lead times and boosting on-time delivery, and implementing data-driven improvement frameworks that elevated performance enterprise-wide. Her leadership repeatedly turns complex challenges into sustainable, scalable success.
At FlightWave, Bree leads Operations with a focus on innovation, quality, and process optimization—laying the foundation for our next phase of growth as we scale production and enhance performance across the organization.
We’re grateful to have Bree’s vision, integrity, and operational expertise helping shape the future of FlightWave.
Vice President, Engineering
FLIGHTWAVE
Today, we’re excited to highlight Douglas Rieck, FlightWave’s Vice President of Engineering — a leader whose career journey embodies resilience, innovation, and the relentless pursuit of excellence.
Doug joined FlightWave in 2022, right as the small UAS industry was reaching a major turning point. Since then, he’s been at the helm of engineering and production for the Edge 130, building the systems that allow us to scale with both speed and discipline.
His path here has been anything but traditional. With an aerospace engineering degree earned during the Great Financial Crisis, he pivoted to opportunity in medical devices at Medtronic, later moved into AR and computer vision, led rapidly growing engineering teams, and helped launch a nine-figure robotics program at Amazon before finally returning to aviation technology at FlightWave.
Today, Doug leads with clarity, urgency, and a deep commitment to engineering rigor. He’s hands-on when it counts, but equally focused on building an environment where ownership scales and world-class engineering talent thrives. His work ensures every aircraft we deliver is reliable, robust, and ready for mission-critical operations.
What drives him most?
Turning raw innovation into products that scale — and building a team that consistently punches above its weight.
We’re proud to have Doug’s leadership shaping the future of FlightWave.
VP of Finance & Accounting
RED CAT
Sam Pelletier is Vice President of Finance and Accounting at Red Cat Holdings.
Sam is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with a diverse background in sales, operations, accounting and finance. Sam spent 7 years in sales and operational roles for a consumer product company and then pivoted his career to accounting and finance. Sam spent time in public accounting with a top 10 international accounting firm where he focused on auditing public and private companies in industries such as consumer products, financial leasing and technology. Prior to joining the team in January of 2024 as Corporate Controller, Sam spent about four years at a consumer product company that is publicly traded. Sam’s expertise spans financial reporting, inventory management, internal controls, audit coordination and general expertise in public company financial management.
VP, Tech and Innovation (Special Programs)
RED CAT
Jason brings a distinguished multidisciplinary background shaped by his service in the Air Force and Joint Special Operations Command, where he honed his expertise in aviation and network/system engineering. Following his transition to civilian life, he continued to drive innovation at the United States Army Special Operations Command. There, he was instrumental in establishing the Army Special Operations Robotics Division (ASORD), where he led the development of advanced robotic capabilities and their seamless integration into complex operational environments.
In January 2024, Jason joined Red Cat as Director of Special Programs, focusing on next-generation technologies and fostering innovation through the Red Cat Futures Initiative.
VP, Policy and Strategy
RED CAT
Paul is currently the Vice President for Policy and Strategy at Red Cat Holdings, where he oversees all of Red Cat’s policy engagement on national security policy, legislative affairs, supply chain policy, and federal funding issues. Paul represents the company in Washington, D.C., coordinating with government and industry to ensure the commercial success of the U.S. drone manufacturing industry. He also leads the company’s long-term strategic engagements, including on efforts to expand Red Cat’s market access and identify new opportunities for revenue drivers.
Previously, Paul was a semiconductor industry specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he worked on semiconductor supply chains, inbound investment, and national security. In this role, he was selected by the Secretary of Commerce to receive a gold medal, the highest form of honorary recognition bestowed by the Department of Commerce, for his efforts in helping to secure billions of dollars of critical investments in the United States by Taiwanese semiconductor companies. Previously, he worked as an international trade analyst at the Department of Commerce focusing on tariff and trade policy for U.S. manufacturers. Paul graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations.
