CSG Author-Analyst Eric Brachhausen
Collaboration facilitator, STEM education, and space technology development
Web site: http://www.spaceportamerica.com/news/press-releases/169-formation-spa-institute-announced.html
Eric Brachhausen is Executive Director of the new Spaceport America Institute. He is working to develop the educational arm of Spaceport America, New Mexico’s new spaceport dedicated to personal and commercial space flight. He is widely known an innovative and results-oriented technical manager experienced at leading breakthrough collaborative teams.
He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois, and also holds an MBA degree from the University of Phoenix. Eric began his career as an aerospace engineer for General Dynamics, where among other things, he invented a biologically-based design for a guidance instrument. Eric then joined the New York investment banking firm of Lepercq, de Neuflize & Co., where he worked for 5 years as a member of its portfolio management team serving institutional clients.
After an extensive career in finance and banking, he went on to join American Technology Alliances, where he developed new collaborative relationships in fields such as rotorcraft technology and quiet supersonic flight. His contributions earned him an award from Vice President Al Gore on behalf of the Partnership for Reinventing Government, as well as an award from NASA Headquarters for consortium leadership.