Meet Mike.

Root & Sky AI is Mike Dunbar's veteran-owned drone company, based in Middleburg, Virginia. Mike started it to give owners, agents and builders aerial photos and maps they can make decisions with.

Mike is a Marine Corps veteran and an FAA Part 107 certified drone pilot. On every job he plans the flight in advance, checks the airspace and works around the people and animals on the property.

You deal with Mike directly, from the first call to delivery.

FAA Part 107 Certified · Fully Insured · Marine Corps Veteran-Owned · Member of the Sky Eye Network

Mike's background

Fourteen years in the Marine Corps

Mike served 14 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and rose from private to Captain. He started as a ground radar and electronics technician, including work on Firefinder radar systems, and later served as Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Quantico. There he led a global computer network defense operation protecting command-and-control networks for 120,000 users and helped build the Marine Corps' first computer network defense unit, work recognized with the Meritorious Service Medal.

Two decades leading technology companies

After the Marines, Mike spent more than twenty years leading technology companies, from Silicon Valley start-ups to Fortune 100 enterprises. At VMware he ran a global business built on the software that powers modern data centers. He held senior leadership roles at Pivot3 and at Configuresoft (acquired by EMC), and built the federal business at security monitoring company Securify. Most recently he was Chief Revenue Officer of Rekor Systems, an AI roadway-intelligence company, and SVP of Sales at BusPatrol, which uses AI-powered cameras to protect students. His clients have included the Department of Defense, DARPA, state transportation departments and Fortune 500 companies.

Why it matters on your property

Root & Sky AI brings that experience together: radar and electronics training, a security-first mindset, and years of putting AI and camera technology to work in the field. Data center operators and builders get a partner who understands their facilities from the inside. Estate owners and Realtors get a Marine's attention to detail and discretion on every flight.

A Penn State graduate, Mike lives in Middleburg.