Tom Jackson joined Kymeta as Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer in January 2025 and leads our revenue-focused initiatives, including strengthening client relationships, expanding our presence in key markets, and aligning our business development efforts with Kymeta’s strategic objectives. Tom brings over 30 years of leadership experience growing and scaling companies in the aerospace, defense, and commercial markets, including Sierra Nevada Corporation, GE Energy, Aeryon Defense and Sarcos Defense. Tom has led global P & Ls of $250M/100+ people executing complex systems integration engineering programs on US and international unmanned & manned aircraft programs including the Pilatus PC-12, PZL M28, Embraer A-29 Super Tucano and the Aeryon R80D SkyRaider sUAS. As Vice President and General Manager of Aeryon Defense USA, Inc., Tom quickly built a high-performing engineering, operations and sales team to launch and support a disruptive new UAS technology that became the catalyst for the acquisition of Aeryon Labs by FLIR Systems at 8X company sales. With broad experience in over 40 countries, Tom has served as an Strategic Adviser to Private Equity, Venture Capital and International defense tech companies expanding into the rapidly growing global defense market.
Tom is a retired US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel with a career that spanned 25 active and reserve years as an AH-1W Attack Helicopter Pilot. A graduate of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, he also holds a Master of Business Administration in International Business from Regis University in Colorado.
