HSE Mission Statement

HSE exists to provide extraordinary technology that makes a real difference in how people

do business. As pioneers on the front-lines of the unmanned robotics revolution, we are

responsible for the future of our industry. We educate, support and value our customers around

the world and our constant innovation ensures we are doing our part to protect those who keep

our communities safe. We contribute to farmers feeding families with cutting-edge crop-spraying

and protection UAVs. We partner with subject-experts to provide convenience, consistency and a

customer-centric model. As a team, we honor diversity and we collaborate to provide an epic

experience for our clients; we seize every opportunity to learn and expand on what it takes to

accomplish this goal. We hold ourselves accountable for our performance in fulfilling this mission

and take great pride in the opportunity to do what we love, every day.

As a veteran and family-owned business, we are on a relentless quest to provide a greater,

all-inclusive future for everyone.

We take care of our customers. We cherish our team.

We innovate. We have fun. We play full out.

We are unstoppable in our pursuit.

We are HSE.

Our Story

HSE started in 2009, shortly after Terry Sanders retired from the Illinois State Police, when his best friend since 4th grade, Dave Sanders, called him with an idea about getting into the emerging “drone” business. Dave shared an article stating that it would be a 25 billion dollar industry by 2020, and convinced Terry to go into business with him. Dave’s background is in software and technology, while Terry’s was in military and police––the side of the industry that they wanted to target.  They agreed to start the business and began researching many different manufacturers to identify the best products for their purposes. Once they identified the manufacturer and were licensed and registered, they began training themselves on the products.

After a few months, Dave asked his brother to join the company with his background in sales and website integration. He developed the website and they started to get leads… a lot of leads.  Shortly, they were overwhelmed with the work and that’s when we asked Dave’s children, Bryan and Joye Sanders, to join the team and bring their backgrounds in banking, finance and sales to the business.