PteroDynamics Appoints Former Ring CTO as Board Director 

Joshua Roth, former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for home security provider Ring, has joined the PteroDynamics board of directors.  

PteroDynamics expects Roth’s hands-on experience rapidly scaling global hardware and software technology operations and in advisory roles with multiple high-tech enterprises to help the company build a scalable, integrated platform to meet the evolving needs of customers across multiple defense and commercial industries.

PteroDynamics CEO Matthew Graczyk, said; “Josh’s recognized background as a technologist and company-builder is a vital addition to PteroDynamics as we expand the value of our autonomous Transwing® VTOL aircraft system to customers across commercial and defense sectors. Josh is a visionary technologist who recognizes the broad applications and potential of new platforms, and he has a long and proven track record of helping organizations execute on that vision.”

Josh Roth said; “There is a tremendous market opportunity in bringing the agility and best practices of Silicon Valley to groundbreaking autonomous aircraft systems like the Transwing that can play an outsized role for defense and commercial operators. I am very excited to join the PteroDynamics board, and I look forward to helping the company accelerate and scale innovation.”

Roth has held prior CTO positions and has served as a board member and in an advisory capacity to multiple tech companies, overseeing rapid growth and buildout of tech platform solutions. He was one of the first employees at Ring, where he spearheaded the development of the company’s hardware, firmware, analytics, and business intelligence solutions. He grew its technology operations globally, managing 800 people across 13 countries.

He also was CTO for NTI Group, which provided emergency communications and community engagement solutions for educational institutions, families, and municipalities and was acquired by Blackboard (now Anthology).

Roth also ran technology operations at Digital Evolution prior to its merger with US Interactive and subsequent IPO and co-founded and served as CTO for Rent.com prior to its sale to eBay.