Past Board Member
Charles “Tripp” Shannon, CFA
Tripp serves as an active member of the CFA Society of Tucson, with its mission to serve its members and the Southern Arizona investing community by promoting ethics, education, and professional excellence. As one of the CFA Institute member societies, the CFA Society of Tucson connects members to a global network of investment professionals. Tripp retired from the Desert Angels Board of Directors in 2024.
Tripp previously served as the Chief Revenue Officer at Drone Up. DroneUp provides bespoke flight service offerings to businesses and government organizations. DroneUp’s suite of products includes flight services, data analysis, drone program development, regulatory consulting, drone pilot training, equipment sales, and Part 107 drone product delivery. DroneUp has partnered with organizations such as WalMart, Coca-Cola, Armada Hoffler, and NATO. Drone flight services provide valuable savings and increase productivity, helping organizations achieve goals such as real estate asset management, construction progress monitoring, shipping logistics, and marketing. With an extensive nationwide pilot network, DoneUp can quickly be an extension of your workforce allowing you to accomplish more in more places while cutting costs and providing you and your stakeholders with valuable visual data.
He was President of Proactis, a company that enables digital trade for all, by helping organizations around the world to control 100% of their spend. Proactis works with our customers to transform their Source-to-Pay processes; to help them save money and create efficiency gains while increasing compliance and reducing risk.
From sourcing projects, contract management, and procurement transactions to supplier collaboration and automated invoice processing, our integrated spend management solutions streamline and control all purchasing and spend.
Proactis serves over 1,000 enterprise clients and 2 million suppliers. Our solutions are used daily by over 3 million people in 100+ countries. The company was admitted to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in June 2006