Ryan Johnston is uniquely qualified to serve on the Dronecode board because he embodies what this community is built on: leadership, ingenuity, and a deep commitment to shared progress. He doesn’t just solve problems—he refuses to let them sit unsolved. If something isn’t working, he makes it work, and if someone needs help, he shows up.

He leads by doing, by supporting others, and by pushing the community forward one problem solved and one person helped at a time. The Dronecode board needs people who understand the technology, who care about the ecosystem, and who are willing to invest their time and expertise to help it grow.

Ryan’s vision is a genuinely open and interoperable future where innovation moves faster because everyone’s empowered to contribute. As a steward of open source, a generous mentor, and a leader who always elevates the people around him, he brings exactly the perspective and energy needed to help guide Dronecode into its next chapter.

Godfrey Nolan has consistently demonstrated the ability to grow, educate, and sustain a large, technically diverse drone software community while lowering barriers to entry into open source drone ecosystems.

He organizes and leads a drone software meetup that has grown to over 1,300 members, with a strong emphasis on education, practical skills, and open source tooling. The core focus of this community has been demystifying complex but powerful platforms such as PX4, QGroundControl, and MAVSDK—tools that are foundational to Dronecode, yet often perceived as inaccessible to newcomers.

In addition to community leadership, Godfrey runs RIIS, which has an established drone services business with over 60 drone clients. This gives him direct, ongoing exposure to the real-world needs of commercial operators, manufacturers, system integrators, and software teams building on Dronecode technologies.

His vision for Dronecode is to remove friction at every level of entry so that more individuals, startups, researchers, and organizations can meaningfully participate in, and contribute to, the ecosystem.