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Brief biography, international experience, and awards/honors/invitations (Please click here for my C. V. as a PDF. If you need a bio tailored for your needs, I will be happy to write one.) My direct space involvement began in 1979 with a summer job at NASA Headquarters between college semesters. July 11th was a particularly exciting day, as Australia called my office to report the impact of Skylab debris. Leaping into action, I answered the phone ..., and immediately delegated the task to someone who could actually do something about it. Talk about leadership! I came back to NASA Headquarters in 1981 for a six-month graduate internship in the International Affairs Division, where I conducted research and wrote reports on the agency's various international commitments and programs. I was fortunate to be in the auditorium when the space shuttle Columbia made her maiden flight on April 12th. The champagne wasn't bad... for government champagne. Returning to Houston and determined to contribute to the US space program, I was hired by IBM as a Systems Engineer and worked for five years at NASA's Johnson Space Center (1981 - 1985), and then at several universities and hospitals. My Information Technology career spanned IBM (1981 - 1992), Attachmate (1992 - 2002), and independent consulting (2002 - 2003). During these years I specialized in strategic business and technology planning and implementation, along with technical sales, marketing, and communication. While working as an IT professional, I combined my passions for space and writing and in the early 1990's wrote a monthly column on space policy issues entitled "Think About It," which appeared in the Journal for Space Development and other space newsletters. Additionally, my material has been published online and in Ad Astra, Space News, The News & Observer, the Houston Chronicle, and the Houston Business Journal, and Chelsea House published my first book essays in Spring 2005. I have also spoken at a wide variety of conferences and other venues, and have been interviewed on radio, television, and Internet news programs. As a volunteer, I have worked with space advocacy groups such as the National Space Society, ProSpace (as Chairman), and the Space Frontier Foundation (as Executive Director). In early 2004 I left the IT industry to develop a new space career. From January 2005 through December 2007 I was Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation. Overlapping this period, beginning in 2004 and continuing today, I have engaged in various consulting projects listed on my NewSpace Business Development page. The largest of these was the North Carolina Aerospace Economy Project that I initiated in 2004, during which I received two grants to educate political, business and economic development leaders about the emerging commercial space industry and how it can contribute to the state's economic development. My education includes a B.A. in Sociology/Psychology from The George Washington University and a M.S. in Studies of the Future from the University of Houston at Clear Lake. Experience, education, and wonderful parents have given me a blend of creative and analytical skills, which I apply with integrity, focus, and determination.
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