CSG Author-Analyst Douglas M. Messier
Space tourism/commercialization, space jobs, space and environmental technology synergism
Web site: http://www.ParabolicArc.com
Douglas Messier is a communications expert with more than a decade of experience with entrepreneurial startups. A skilled analyst with superb written communication skills, he has broad knowledge of the aerospace, Internet, education, and environmental fields. He is an expert in translating scientific and technical concepts for lay audiences and in helping individuals and organizations craft their messages in print and online.
Douglas is Managing Editor of Parabolic Arc . Offering “Space Tourism…and Much More,” this popular blog provides daily coverage of space tourism, commercialization, human spaceflight, and other key areas in humanity’s conquest of the final frontier. Parabolic Arc’s combination of up-to-date news and insightful analysis has made this website a must read for anyone who wants to stay informed about the new era of commercial spaceflight.
Douglas is a Co-owner of SpaceJobs.com – the world’s largest online career site for the aerospace, defense and aviation industries. He has helped to forge business strategy as member of the Board of Directors and collaborated on web designs and advertising.
He helped to found the Earth and Space Foundation, a non-profit focused on connecting the environmental and space communities. The foundation funds expeditions that use space technologies to help protect Earth’s environment. It also funds scientists who study extreme environments to help us better understand conditions on other worlds.
Douglas worked for five years in relevance analysis for Yahoo!, helping to greatly improve the company’s search results. He worked with engineers to devise relevance tests, wrote test guidelines and procedures, and trained more than 150 analysts. This work gave him an intuitive understanding of search marketing and online branding. It also honed his analytical skills, giving him the ability to quickly analyze large amounts of information.
He has worked extensively in the education area and served as Publications Director and Distance Education Manager at the University of Management & Technology in Arlington, Virginia. This start-up, for-profit university – led by project management guru J. Davidson Frame – offers high quality management programs worldwide and has pioneered graduate management education in China. He worked for five years as an Associate Editor at the National Science Teachers Association, where he collaborated with authors to develop curriculum. One of the projects was Views of the Solar System, a CD-ROM tour of the planets and moons. Other projects focused on global climate change and the environment.
Douglas has written everything from technical documentation to magazine and newspaper articles to movie and television spec scripts. He pitched stories to three different Star Trek series – an opportunity that arose by submitting an unsolicited spec script.
Douglas is the author of "Carl: The Biography of William Carl Condie". This 220-page private biography is the story of a Salt Lake City man who lived from 1909-2003. This private work – commissioned by one of Carl’s grandsons – was distributed to family and friends. Thomas Monson, the president of the Mormon Church, said he “couldn’t put down” the account of his cousin Carl’s life.
Douglas holds a master’s degree in Science, Technology and Public Policy from The George Washington University, where he studied at the Space Policy Institute. He is a graduate of the International Space University and holds a B.A. in Journalism from Rider University.