Management

Jon Jeffery

President & CEO
Hummingbird Technologies

Jon Jeffery joined Hummingbird Technologies in 2016 as President and CEO and he oversees the company vision, strategies, and engages in establishing a strong portfolio across all client segments.
Prior to this, Jon served as Aerospace Group Director at Parker Hannifin Corporation and as Unit Chief at Boeing – Military, participating in the development of Fuel, Landing Gear, Hydraulic and Flight Control Systems for both military and commercial aircraft. Jon is a seasoned leader in the areas of systems engineering, program management, and business and process development. Jon also served as Chairman of SAE A-6 committee, Aerospace Actuation, Control, and Fluid Power Systems from 2008 – 2015.

Jon earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbour, MI. and earned his Masters of Science in Engineering Management from Washington University, St Louis, MO.

Brian Barker

VP of Engineering
Hummingbird Technologies

Brian Barker associated with Hummingbird Technologies in 2015 as Vice President of Engineering and he currently directs all the engineering services activities.

Previously, Brian acted as Director and VP of Engineering at major aerospace/defence companies including Goodrich, Moog and Northrup Grumman and is a skilled leader in the areas of systems, software, mechanical and electronics engineering. Brian is an industry design authority in the domains of aerospace hydraulics, flight controls, and power systems with particular expertise in failure investigation and root cause/corrective action.

Brian is a Bachelor of Engineering Science from IOWA State University and received his Master’s in Piano Performance State University of New York, Fredonia, NY. Brian currently serves as panel chairman for the international SAE A-6B2 committee for Electro Hydrostatic Actuation.

Mahesh V. Kumar

Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
Hummingbird Technologies

Mahesh Kumar co-founded Hummingbird Technologies in 2016. Previously, Mahesh also Co-founded TF Avionics Solutions (a subsidiary of ThoughtFocus) in 2014 and he served as Area Sales Director at HCL America Inc. till 2014, a 2,500 employee Aerospace engineering group with global state-of-the-art research and development centres. He, along with his team assisted major OEM’s and Tier 1 suppliers in design, development and certification of airborne embedded systems that provided enhanced capabilities such as situational awareness, precision guidance and Navigation.

Mahesh graduated as a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications from University of Mysore, India.

Ramesh Tidke

Head of India Operations
Hummingbird Technologies

Ramesh Tidke, the Head of India operations joined Hummingbird Technologies in 2016 and runs the India delivery and operations.

Before commencing his journey with Hummingbird, Ramesh served as the Vice President of Integrated Engineering Services at Hical Technologies, Bangalore. He also worked with HCL Technologies for 12 years and was instrumental in building the Aerospace vertical. He worked on HAL and BAeHAL Software in various capacities. He comes with very good experience in Avionics systems software/product development lifecycle, System level appreciation of issues and sound knowledge of Safety Critical Standards such as RTCA / DO-178 B, DOD-STD-2167A and their applications to Software. He also actively participated in ISO, CMM, CMMI and AS9100 certification/assessment.

Ramesh is a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Power from Nagpur University and holds Master of Engineering degree in Aerospace from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.