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CSG Author-Analyst Jeff Krukin

IT business strategies, space business development, writer/speaker on global space commerce, space advocacy association executive management

Web site: http://www.jeffkrukin.com

Jeff Krukin’s space career began with boyhood evenings in the back yard gazing at the Moon, which led to a graduate internship at NASA Headquarters. His career has included IBM Systems Engineer, Chairman of ProSpace, grant-funded economic development work, Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation, and most recently a NewSpace Business Development practice.

Jeff combined his passions for technology and space as an IBM Systems Engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. During a 23-year Information Technology career that also included Attachmate Corp. and independent consulting, he specialized in strategic business and technology planning and implementation, along with technical sales, marketing, and communication. Jeff left the IT field in 2004 to focus exclusively on his space career.

From January 2005 through December 2007, Jeff was Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation, the most prominent commercial space (NewSpace) advocacy organization. Overlapping this period, beginning in 2004 and continuing today, he has engaged in various space consulting projects. The largest of these was the North Carolina Aerospace Economy Project that he initiated in 2004, and he was awarded two grants to educate political, business, and economic development leaders about the emerging NewSpace industry and its potential contributions to the state's economic development. He was the lead author of The Aero/Space Economy in North Carolina: A Preliminary Assessment of Current Performance and Future Prospects, and a key contributor to North Carolina's Strategic Plan for Workforce Development in the Aviation and Aerospace Industries.

Jeff is a frequent conference speaker across the United States and Europe, and in Canada, Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. He has been interviewed for newspapers, magazines, radio, and television from Los Angeles to West Palm Beach, as well as in Europe and Asia.

He is also a writer, and his first space article was published in 1981. His articles and Op-Ed’s have appeared on numerous websites and in publications such as Space News, the Houston Chronicle, The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), Ad Astra, the Houston Business Journal, and the Journal for Space Development. His first book essays were published in Spring 2005 in “Tackling Tomorrow Today: Moving Along, Far Ahead,” part of a book series written for high school students.

Jeff is an award-winning leader, having received the ProSpace Activist of the Year award in 1998, Attachmate Corp. North America Systems Engineer of the Year award in 1999, and numerous other commendations. NASA and the US Dept. of Commerce’s Office of Space Commercialization have requested his participation in their strategic planning efforts.

He is the creator of The Human-Space Connection® concept, serves on the Steering Committee of the International Association of Space Entrepreneurs and Leadership Team of the Overview Institute, and launched (pun intended) his NewSpace Business Development practice in January 2008.

His belief in the importance of space for global peace and prosperity is the foundation of his work. With his diverse experience and Master’s Degree in Studies of the Future, Jeff brings a unique and insightful perspective on human activity in space and what it means for humanity.

CSG Articles by Jeff Krukin