About

Founded and run by operators,
not hobbyists.

Most aerial shops are one person with a consumer drone. Anchorpoint pairs a combat-tested military UAS instructor with a twenty-year operations executive. That shows up in how carefully your job is flown, and how reliably it is run.

Rick Donohoue

Rick Donohoue

Co-Founder & CEO

Rick has flown and instructed unmanned aircraft for more than twenty years, beginning in the U.S. Army in 2002 and fielding systems in combat. He logged 1,500+ instructor hours with a zero-incident record as a standardization and test-and-evaluation pilot, is an instrument-rated private pilot, PMP-certified, and holds a master’s in data science. At Anchorpoint he leads flight operations and the data pipeline that turns raw imagery into reports you can act on.

20+ yrs UAS aviation1,500+ instructor hoursZero-incident recordInstrument-rated pilotPMPM.S. Data Science
Matt Fredlund

Matt Fredlund

Co-Founder & COO

Matt is a twenty-year operations executive who has run multi-site transportation, logistics, and distribution businesses with full P&L ownership, growing one unit’s revenue by over 200% and managing large teams. Six Sigma trained and deep in fleet operations, he runs Anchorpoint’s scheduling, logistics, client relationships, and the systems that keep every job on time and on budget.

20+ yrs operationsFull P&L ownershipMulti-site & fleet opsSix SigmaScaled revenue 200%+
20+
Years military UAS experience
1,500+
Flight-instruction hours
0
Safety incidents
20+
Years operations leadership
Why Anchorpoint

A fixed point you can rely on.

Veteran-led and built around two things: disciplined, safe flight operations and deliverables that are genuinely useful, not just pretty pictures.

  • Safety first, every flight. Licensed Part 107 pilots, full insurance, and a by-the-book approach to airspace and operations.
  • Reports you can use. A data-driven pipeline turns raw footage into clear, annotated documentation, fast.
  • Local to Tampa Bay. Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco, with the response time only a local can offer. Travel jobs welcome, just request a quote.
  • Built to scale with you. One-off jobs or standing plans, on compliant, professional-grade equipment.

Work with a team that runs it right.

From a single roof to a season of storm coverage, we bring the same discipline to every flight.

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