Corey Whittington serves as director of aerospace strategies for Crown Consulting Inc. In this role, he directs the development of company strategy to enhance its presence in the aerospace market, with an emphasis on building partnerships with government, industry and academia.
Whittington is an advanced mobility and autonomous systems strategist with proven ability to develop go-to-market concepts and effectively manage teams supporting the implementation of innovative transportation technologies. He brings 16 years of professional experience and a proven track record for building and executing scalable advisory, SaaS and DaaS solutions for federal, state/local and commercial clients.
He brings a unique and broad airspace experience and skillset, from the start of his career as a U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery (Patriot Missile System), both operating and serving as the logistician leader for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense system. He served aerospace, defense and homeland security clients at Deloitte Consulting, providing operational and strategy advisory services for nearly a decade. That included supporting the establishment of Transportation Security Administration’s counter unmanned aircraft system (cUAS) testbed program and opening the first operational testbed at Miami International Airport. He managed a large team conducting technology scouting and horizon scanning as it impacts homeland security. He later served as chief operating officer for an advisory firm focused on countering malicious UAS use and integrating cUAS into a national defense network.
Whittington’s industry experience includes his role as the director of business development for a UAS traffic management (UTM) UAS service supplier (USS). He drove growth in emerging capabilities and technologies for state and local governments to begin collaborating with the Federal Aviation Administration to open the National Airspace System (NAS) for UAS use cases. He served as account manager for the Michigan Department of Transportation Aeronautics Commission’s UAS Feasibility Analysis, which led to the development of a statewide strategy for the safe integration of UAS into the NAS and communities in the state, including a first of its kind cross-border project with Windsor, Canada and Detroit, Mich. Whittington supports several regional efforts to analyze and open airspace use for UAS to be safely demonstrated and adopted.
Whittington holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island. He is active in several industry association groups and advocates for regulatory advancement of safely integrating autonomous systems into the NAS.
