Our Team

  • Connor Crawford, CEO & Co-Founder

    Connor recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Master’s of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering. Connor has a strong track record of innovation, leadership, and attainment of business results in mechatronics design & manufacturing for both the aerospace and energy industries. He has over 8 years of technical, operations, and strategic leadership experience related to bringing concepts from the drawing board to realization.

  • Dr. Mitch Pryor, Co-Founder

    Dr. Pryor brings 27 years of engineering expertise. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist at The University of Texas at Austin and the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Nuclear and Applied Robotics Group. Mitch has a long history of developing cutting edge robotic solutions for unstructured hazardous environments that exist in the Nuclear, Oil & Gas, and Defense industries.

  • Zach Jurecek, Chief Technology Officer

    Zach recently graduated with his Bachelors of Science (BS) in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Zach has been the lead manufacturing engineer for almost one year now, enabling Pike to rapidly iterate through multiple robotic prototypes.