Our mission
Our mission is to harness cutting-edge aerial mobility to revolutionize emergency medical response, where every second can mean the difference between life and death, or at least full recovery and significant disability or damage. By working closely with all stakeholders—emergency services, communities, and technology providers—we aim to deploy advanced solutions to significantly reduce response times, ensuring critical care reaches those in need faster. We are dedicated to transforming how communities access lifesaving resources, making rapid, reliable emergency response a reality for all. Together, we can improve emergency medical outcomes and save lives.
We believe cutting-edge technology should be prioritized to save lives and improve medical emergency outcomes because it represents the most powerful tool to address time-critical situations where every second counts.
By leveraging next-generation mobility, advancements in rapid response systems and AI-driven decision-making, we can drastically reduce response times, enhance care delivery, and ensure equitable access to lifesaving interventions. Communities deserve the best solutions that technology can offer, not just for convenience or efficiency, but for the fundamental value of preserving life and improving medical emergencies outcomes.
The purpose of Akute is to accelerate the adoption of advanced aerial mobility (AAM) technology within first response and emergency medical services (EMS) to benefit communities around the world. To that end, Akute aims to deploy and provide access to the most advanced aviation and medical technology available to first responders, enhancing their ability to deliver life-saving EMS.
Our Team
Founder and President
Before Akute, he founded, lead, consulted and advised leading new electro aerial and ground mobility startups and blue chips around California and Europe in capacities as Co-founding CEO, Venture Partner, Technology Executive and GM.
Co-Founder and Aviation Chair
Army veteran and successful tech entrepreneur (Skyward acq by Verizon 2017) with over 3k hours flying helicopter EMS (HEMS) and still actively instructing in helicopters and airplanes. His work spans piloted and fully automated aviation, including collaborations with NASA on advanced air mobility (AAM) projects.
Board Member
CEO of Pivotal, the company that designs and builds the Helix and Blackfly, the world’s first viable eVTOLs for EMS. Pivotal’s 15 years of development in advanced aerial mobility (AAM) make Akute’s mission possible… for the first time.
Board Member
Nick is Vice President of Global marketing for Google. He has more than 20 years of marketing and advertising experience, on the agency side at TBWA/Chiat/Day (who was recognized as ad agency of the decade while he was Managing Director) and as CMO at major brands including T-Mobile and Quicksilver. Prior to joining Google, Nick served in several leadership roles at T-Mobile as a member of its Senior Leadership team including Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Vice President of Marketing & Experience (CMO). Nick has been recognized by Forbes as one of the world’s 50 most innovative CMO’s and has been recognized at the Cannes advertising festival as its world advertiser of the year. He started his career as a professional rugby player and England team representative and now lives in Malibu with his family.