Tom Adams

Director of Public Safety - DroneShield

Tom retired from the FBI after 20 years of service in 2022. He spent most of his career as a Special Agent Bomb Technician supporting counter-terrorism efforts in the U.S. and around the world. The last three years of his career he was a Supervisory Special Agent in the FBI’s Counter-UAS program. In that role he helped shape the team’s policies, procedures, and training. He has planned and conducted numerous homeland security Counter-UAS missions in complex urban environments and high-profile venues around the U.S., including Super Bowls, World Series, and Rose Bowls. Since leaving the FBI, he built a Counter-UAS resource website and served as the Co-Chair of the Operating Requirements Working Group for the FAA UAS Detection and Mitigation Aviation Rulemaking Committee which published its final report in January 2024. Tom is now the Director of Public Safety for DroneShield, a provider of multi-mission Counter-UAS solutions for military, public safety, and critical infrastructure. He has a master’s degree in Unmanned Systems from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a bachelor’s degree in Biomechanics from Montana State University.

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