Pros
Wonderful off shore contractors relationships, skilled vendors for aerial services, LIDAR/Image collection, skilled staff for field and office roles. State of the art autonomous driving program and IP. Highly endorsed software applications for the utility vegetation management industry with robust functionality and integration with COTS systems.
Cons
Rotating executives with little or no understanding of remote sensing, utilites, or enterprise solutions for transmission and distribution. Plagued by constant cash flow problems with a subsequent loss of vendor confidence. Executive staff is constantly focused on maximizing revenue while sacrificing the quality of product and placing the business development staff against a wall. Sales staff does not receive booking credit or commissions if deals do not meet a base gross margin. When sales or booking credit is given to the sales rep, the payouts are based on cash flow which again is very spotty. Long time employees that hold the knowledge base of data collection, analytics, and software are leaving in droves while upper tiers of management all enjoy six figure salaries. The current technology platforms for remote sensing and work management software haven't seen real investment in 5 years as executive staff squeezes the company dry.
