Leadership Team
Curtis Lary
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Curtis Lary founded Hextronics in 2020 and leads its vision, strategy, and public presence, from brand to investor relationships. He has been building robots since studying mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech, from an automated restaurant delivery system to the company’s first battery-swapping dock, assembled in a garage. Under Curt, Hextronics has deployed stations in more than 25 countries.
Nicholas Mulka
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer
Nicholas Mulka leads operations across engineering, production, and customer support at Hextronics. He joined in 2021 and designed the Atlas docking station, from mechanical and electrical hardware to firmware, before building the production and support organizations that now deliver every Hextronics system. Nick holds BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech and previously worked at Gulfstream Aerospace.
Corey Matyas
Chief Systems Architect
Corey Matyas co-leads engineering at Hextronics, owning software, embedded, and electrical, and is responsible for the company’s infrastructure and corporate security. He wrote the early HexAIR flight control code and continues to guide its development. His focus today is system architecture and mentoring engineers across disciplines. Before Hextronics, Corey published research on large-scale simulation of nanophotonic and quantum information systems.
Tighernán Shaffrey
Head of Business Development
Tighernán Shaffrey runs Hextronics’ commercial side: sales, customer success, product strategy, and turning what customers need into what the company builds. He has spent ten years in the drone industry, founding a drone services company in Ireland and consulting for the European Space Agency. Tighernán holds an MS from Notre Dame’s ESTEEM program and a BS in mechanical engineering from Technological University Dublin.