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Luke Fox is CEO of WhiteFox, a global leader in drone airspace security. Pioneering the safe
integration of drones into society, WhiteFox products securely manage drones in sensitive airspace
worldwide. Fox, as he likes to be called, has spoken to audiences of millions around the world. He
has been featured at dozens of global conferences and on networks such as CNN, Fox News, NBC, Al
Jazeera, PBS, Discovery, History Channel, and many others. Fox is passionate about drone privacy
and security, nextgen aviation policy, the trust revolution, the future of autonomy, roadmap to
flying cars, workplace neurodiversity, tech startup culture, foster care reform, and male birth
control. 0:00 - 1:20 Program intro and guest set up by co-hosts Serita Cox and Keira Green. 1:20 – 4:40 Serita
welcomes Fox and jumps tight into her first question - You are on the leading edge of drone airspace
security. How did you ever discover drone technology and cyber-security is where your talents lay?
Most foster youth don't even have their own laptop let alone have access to or even understand the
level of tech in which you operate. Fox weaves in how his love for (the positive use of) drones and
his experience being the foster care system helped develop an “adversarial mindset” – thinking like
a criminal but not doing criminal things. 4:40 –6:40 Serita follows up with asking Fox how he got to
where he is today – “How did you get your hands on a drone… foster youth don’t even have access
to laptops?” Fox talks about developing something he was passionate about, putting yourself out
there. 6:40 – 8:00 Keira picks up the conversation by asking Fox to tell us a little bit about what
being the CEO of WhiteFox Defense is like. “What excites you about what you do?” 8:00 – 9:20 Keira
follows up with a question about WhiteFox Defense’s powerhouse executive team. “You lead a team
of senior executives who have more years of experience in the Aerospace Defense industry than
you have been alive. How did you build such a team and how do you manage a team with such
experience and age?” 9:20 – 10:30 Fox asks Keira how she would feel if there was a drone hovering
outside her window to make a point about resetting the status quo around drone use, privacy and
security. 10:30 – 12:05 Serita weighs in to move the discussion forward around how new
technologies can be scary and how early adopters can sometimes do bad things with it; Fox expands
on this line of thought. 12:05 – 18:48 Serita queries Fox around how he got the funding to pursue his
dream – “Many foster youth dream of starting their own business. You've done it. And you've done
it in a field that has huge barriers to entry, not the least of which is money. How did you do it?” Fox
shares the experiences he had with various mentors and their collective impact, as well as learning
how to raise money. 18:48 – 22:35 Keira shares that Fox is an incredible success and “you're not
even 30. In fact, you were named one of Forbes Magazine 30 Under 30 leaders, but you must have
hit bumps in the road along the way. What failures stand out for you and how did you overcome
them?” 22:35 – 25:10 Serita picks up the conversation and asks Fox to talk about how he can get his
message about pursuing your dreams, hustling, working hard for what you want out there to youth.
25:10 – 28:45 Fox talks about getting involved to make changes to the foster care system; he cites a
specific example of visitation rights with his sister and loophole in the ae that needed to be fixed. He
made it his mission to fix it. 28:45 – Serita asks Fox if his working anything right now in terms of
advocacy work? Fox provides a sneak peak into a project his developing for foster youth. 30:02 –
31:13 Serita winds up the interview and invites Fox back to tell us more about his project when it
launches.
iFoster Futures is a series of informal interviews designed to help youth in foster care explore a wide variety of career paths. Interviewees share insights on their career path, lessons and skills that can be achieved and career opportunities that can be pursued on that path.