About the Team
Hyperblimp LLC receives input from many individuals to increase its knowledge base. Such input is non-binding and for the advancement of Hyperblimp LLC, unless otherwise contracted for. Formal statements from Hyperblimp are only made by duly appointed managers of the Company.
Daniel Geery – Inventor, Educator and President
EDUCATION: B.S. Biology, Adelphi University, N.Y., 1971. M.S., Education/ Reading, Long Island University, N.Y. 1973.
BACKGROUND: Daniel Geery has worked with alternate energy issues for several decades. He designed and developed an earth-sheltered solar greenhouse and wrote a book on it, built an earth-sheltered solar-powered home and lived off the grid for 15 years. He has a patented design for ultra-efficient airships and built over 500 working models. He has a patented design for underwater gliding vehicles, presently being sold as a water toy worldwide (see www.aquaglider.us; this design involved making over 5,000 working models, and was the first known translation of Archimedes’ principles into lateral upward gliding motion. Gerry has been a science teacher in public education for twenty years, and recently taught flying and Mars exploration classes at the Utah University Museum of Natural History.
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Spencer Deputy – CEO / Sales / Marketing
Spencer graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship from the University of Utah in April 2008. He has over 12 years experience in sales and technology-related products. At Utility Trailer Sales of Utah, he has been involved in new and used equipment sales as well as managing parts accounts for a myriad of truck and trailer shops. As a traveling salesperson for Avalon, Inc. he presented complex software to business owners and performed onsite training for implementation. Spencer helped build, expand and manage a call center for Avalon’s subsidiary companies. This involved managing teams for customer service, tech support and phone sales.
Spencer is an avid RC modeler and hands-on engineer with experience in gas and electric, fixed wing and rotary aircraft. He is also a published author on advanced glider flying techniques, and has set world records in dynamic soaring. With over 15 years experience in building strong, lightweight structures, and has a solid grasp of the physics and geometries of building with advanced materials and incorporating sophisticated electronics into aviation and other RC vehicles.
Peter Clay – Technology Specialist, Researcher
EDUCATION: B.A. English, UNCW, N.C., 1992
Peter Clay spent twenty plus years developing advanced technology projects. As Technical Director for Sanswire Airship, he was responsible for R&D involving lightweight gas management systems, nanocomposite materials, and advanced propulsion systems. He has been actively involved with technology sourcing and presently serves as a Senior Process Developer at a major cable company, providing expertise on an alternative energy team. In his “spare time,” he works with a consortium of technologists to develop large scale solar photovoltaic manufacturing and electric vehicle projects. His personal home/office is designed to create net zero pollution and cost, using solar electric and hot water systems with upgrades paid for primarily by tax incentives.
Patrick Engelman – Sales and Control Systems and R&D
Harvard grad and creator of cellbots.com, Patrick has been exploring the use of smart phones as low-cost, high-capability robotics control systems.
He has built supercomputers for NASA and designed network appliances for small businesses. He became fascinated with PID control loops while assistant-teaching a course in circuit design. When not working on airships, Patrick also manages a small certified-organic farm, in addition to a medium-size computer business for maintenance and data storage.
Don Bayles
After securing three rides on the Goodyear blimp at age 19 and reading every LTA book in the Los Angeles Public Library, Don is a self proclaimed “Blimp Geek”.
His 20 years of blimp experience are born of in-field work and experimental applications, including mixing steerable kites with helium balloons. Don has flown tethered blimps for a national restaurant chain for three years, even in snow storms of Colorado’s high altitude atmosphere. He has also flown for radio stations and car washes, in addition to RC blimps for the Rolling Stones and B-52 rock bands, college and professional basketball teams, including the Denver Nuggets, La Crosse teams, pro and semi-pro hockey teams, and Colorado Avalanche for four years. Don is a 21st Century “barn-stormer” who likens blimp flying to airborne white-water raft trips; he sees the sky as an ocean touching all doors and humans worldwide.
Erin Crawford
Researcher, Envelope Builder, Organizer, and General Who Helps Keep Geery On Track
Erin graduated high school in Scottsdale, Arizona. She has worked many jobs, both in the food industry and organizing city records. She has done much volunteering with underprivileged children, and assisted with flight and Mars classes taught by Geery. Erin specializes in laying out and gluing airship envelopes, organizing and cleaning shop, labeling countless items, and making, acquiring, and organizing shelves. She helps set up airships for flight and repacking, monitoring wind conditions, and getting the right stations on Pandora.