Our Story
As a proven industry leader, CES Utility Solutions helped pioneer unmanned aerial data inspection services. Specializing in Critical Asset infrastructure, we provide cutting edge visual data services for your inspection, monitoring, and modeling needs in a wide variety of industries. We attribute our success to the utilization of the latest technology available in the UAS industry, along with careful selection of exceptional talent. Our team has decades of combined experience, allowing us to provide you unrivaled performance, advanced insight, and actionable visual data to keep people and property safe.
Who We Are
Our pilots are armed with the latest technologies, tools, and training. Their mission is to complete tasks as if their own families’ lives depended on them. We take pride in the quality of our people, their training, and commitment to our safety standards.
With our crews of FAA 107 licensed pilots, sensor operators, and visual operators you will always be working with the best talent in the industry. We currently contribute by inspecting for an electric utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California.
What We Do
Expertise in service is what sets us apart. We conduct field audits of every technician on a routine basis. In addition, we apply sophisticated metrics to measure the expected performance of technicians which allows us to immediately dispatch another technician should actual results differ from projections. We’ll work with you to develop standard operating procedures to ensure safety custom to any regulations, insurance needs, environmental challenges, or any other considerations.
Why It Matters
When you work with CES you gain a well-trained team of seasoned professionals who are trained to spot issues others miss by operating in an “eyes up” fashion. In addition to our primary data capture, project planning, and data management services, we also offer a broad range of ancillary services, such as project management, gas, and electrical inspections. All of which work in congruency with our core services.
Where We Shine
Safety
Quality
Efficiency
A service company is only as good as the people it employs and deploys. At CES we apply a rigorous training and qualification program that tests every aspect of an individual’s capacity to effectively perform the tasks required. We test all candidates both in the classroom and in the field to ensure that all survey work is performed only by exceptionally qualified individuals. But we don’t stop there. Once in the field, we apply near-real time tracking and perform routine field audits to make sure you get the greatest quality of service no matter what.
CES Leadership
Eufard "Ford" L. Cooper, Jr.
President & CEO
Mr. Cooper is a native of New Jersey and earned his Baccalaureate and Masters Degrees from The Pennsylvania State University having matriculated there via a full Football Scholarship. A scholar athlete, Mr. Cooper earned an academic fellowship to pursue his Masters in Business Administration - Finance. Ford’s professional background includes various leadership positions with companies like Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp., Enron Energy Services, Johnson Controls, Inc., Environmental Credit Corp., and Insituform Technologies.
Christopher Cooley
Project Manager, Flight Ops
Mr. Cooley works at the Walnut Creek location, always showcasing an impeccable ability to understand the complexities of aerial photo and video processes and protocols. An alumni of Golden Gate University, he has held titles like Account Executive, Head of Operations and VP of Sales for over a decade. Put Chris to the test for any aerial inspection projects, having worked on various projects from structural assessment, landmark maintenance, pinpointing and assessment as well as geo mapping and monitoring power line networks.
