Ilker "Ike" Bayraktar
CDR, USN (retired), EDO
Chairman of the Board
ESAero Shareholder, Chairman of the Board, Advisor
Mr. Bayraktar is the founder of Electricore Inc. (established in 1993), which is a government / industry consortium, he currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors, Secretary/Treasurer, and President & CEO for this organization.
Mr. Bayraktar was also the Founder, Chairman & CEO of Batcore Inc. (established in 2006 and ceased operations in 2015).
Mr. Bayraktar served as a member of the Board of Directors, I-Power Technologies (2001-2003) which was a joint venture of Delco RemyAmerica, Detroit Edison and AeroVironment (AV).
Mr. Bayraktar also served as a member of the Board of Directors; AV-SRL (2007-2009) (an Italian Company which is 100% owned by AeroVironment Inc.).
Mr. Bayraktar is one of the principals of Colibri Enterprises LLC.
Mr. Bayraktar currently also serves as Chairman of ESAero Inc., (Empirical Systems Aerospace).