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Do You Know Drones?

How Utility Companies Waste Drone Data and Build Ineffective AI Workflows with Kaitlyn Albertoli

13 Oct 2025

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Unlock millions in ROI from your enterprise drone program.Our FREE Enterprise Drone Program Maturity Assessment benchmarks your program against best practices and reveals the strategic initiatives needed to scale.Get your free assessment now! πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/droneprogram-maturity-assessmentβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”In this micro episode of the "Do You Know Drones", host Jason San Souci is live from the Commercial UAV Expo in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada, where he interviews Kaitlyn Albertoli, the co-founder and CEO of Buzz Solutions. Introduced as a visionary in the AI space who has been critically impacting critical infrastructure inspections for electric utilities for eight years, Caitlin is asked one crucial question: "What is something that the drone industry is getting wrong?"πŸ”‘ Key Takeaways:Caitlin Albertolli, co-founder and CEO of Buzz Solutions, is a visionary in the AI space for critical infrastructure inspections.The biggest flaw in the drone industry is that utility companies are not thinking enough about the outcome and what to do with the collected data.Some organizations are collecting 100,000 images a month, but have nothing with the data for years, only now starting to think about AI.Before AI, focusing on data orchestration, GIS strategy, and achieving quick wins - like using drones to update asset locations - is essential.βŒ› Timestamps:[00:01:22] - Introduction of Kaitlyn Albertoli and her eight years of experience in AI for critical infrastructure.[00:02:42] - Kaitlyn's answer: Utilities aren't thinking enough about the outcome of the data, referencing a utility collecting 100,000 images a month that has done nothing with it.[00:04:33] - Discussion on how organizations are often getting blinded by "shiny objects" and need to focus on the outcome at the right time in their journey.[00:06:00] - Kaitlyn stresses the importance of data orchestration, checking the GIS database, and achieving quick wins before deep AI analysis.Follow the Guest Kaitlyn Albertoli:πŸ‘‰ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlyn-claire-albertoli/Follow the Host Jason San Souci:πŸ‘‰ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonsansouci/πŸ”— More from Do You Know Drones:πŸ‘‰ Website: https://www.droneopsusa.com πŸ‘‰ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/afe-advisor-llc/ πŸ‘‰ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dykdrones/πŸ‘‰ X(Twitter): https://x.com/DronesDyk πŸ‘‰ Email: [email protected] the Podcast:Β πŸ‘‰ Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/do-you-know-drones/id1479307112 πŸ‘‰ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoYouKnowDrones#drones #CommercialUAVExpo #AI #electricutilities #infrastructureinspection #BuzzSolutions #dataanalysis #GIS #unmannedsystems

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