Reacting to strong customer demand, helicopter health monitoring leader GPMS is expanding its team and adding key personnel for certifications and customer success.

Jed Kalkstein, President, said, “Our core aviation product, Foresight MX, is getting a lot of traction. Based on this success, we’ve decided to invest in talent on the program side to speed the certifications that make Foresight available on a wide variety of aircraft. And on the back end, we wanted to ensure an excellent customer experience so we’ve created a Customer Success role to handle installation, onboarding, and ongoing support.”

With Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) certifications on the Bell 407 and the Airbus H125/AS350B3 ‘AStar’, GPMS is now pursuing civil aviation certification on the Bell 212/412, Bell 429, MD530, and H135 among other aircraft.

Aiding that process is Joe Colucci, GPMS’s new Director of Engineering. Colucci has over 35 years in the aerospace industry as a mechanical engineer and manager. He has experience on various military, commercial and business fixed wing and rotorcraft programs. His experience includes Flight Test, Full-Scale design/development and various STC projects. At GPMS, Colucci will take the lead on integration for the Foresight MX onboard Kit into new aircraft with responsibility for mechanical design development, harness routing and generating the STC engineering drawing  package for FAA/ODA approval.

Joelle Kessler will also join the certifications team as a Project Manager. Kessler began working in the aerospace industry as a Supplier Quality Engineer, gaining expertise in machined products, cable and harness assemblies, and circuit card assemblies at UTC Aerospace Systems.  Kessler attended Clarkson University in New York and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in both Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering.

Josh Kethan will take on the role of Customer Success manager at GPMS. Josh is a licensed aircraft mechanic with 19 years’ experience in the helicopter industry. He has worked on many different airframes including Bell 206,407,427,430,412; Sikorsky S76, AS350 and EC145.  Prior to GPMS Kethan held roles in Field Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Training, Reliability, Tech Support and as the Director of Maintenance for a part 135 Helicopter Operator.  He specialized in HUMS analysis and program implementation.

Kethan will oversee the customer onboarding process including kit installation, system provisioning and setup, application training, and ongoing customer support.