To the Clouds

For Tim Nilson, the idea of drones delivering packages at consumers' doorsteps or doing police work for a local precinct isn't a matter of if but when.

“The world will change over the next four to 10 years and become a place where you look out the window and see drones zipping by for all kinds of reasons,” he says.

The former chief technology officer for Sony Music is ready to help usher that change along through his Sarasota companies, Lumenier and GetFPV.com. The former designs and manufactures drone components such as motors and propellers, while the latter is an online specialty retailer that sells Lumenier products, as well as drone equipment made by other companies.