Note:  this page refers to work performed separately from my IT Career at IBM and Attachmate.  Please click here for a review of that career, followed by endorsements at the bottom of the page.

CONSULTING/TEACHING (Corporate, Non-profit, University)

Information Technology

"Jeff has the rare combination of excellent customer skills as well as a strong technical background that only comes with years of experience." - Ron Nunan, Director of Applied Technology, Attachmate

"I would not hesitate to work with Jeff again in the future." - Cheryl Doel, President, Regillus Technology

"Jeff also has excellent communication skills and continually demonstrates his ability to discuss and educate customers (and me) on the trends in the market place." - Jim Daly, Account Executive, Attachmate

"Our company engaged Jeff to help us develop a launch strategy for SEI's new Software division.  His expertise in government and commercial software sales and specific knowledge of the space industry were both very valuable as we refined some of our initial advertising strategies, website materials, product-specific customer approaches, and overall division growth strategies.  Jeff's input and suggestions have been a critical piece of our early planning activities." - Dr. John Olds, CEO, SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. 

"Our students support your work as an instructor. You managed to deliver a challenging course while engaging your students." - Ronald J. Testa, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Faculty, Barry University

Market Visioning/Business Development

"Everyone here is very impressed with the work you did for us." - Graham Smith, President & CEO, Presence Displays VOF

“Jeff has identified new markets for North Carolina companies, and he is a recognized expert at understanding the emerging commercial/defense space industry and how it will create new jobs and promote economic opportunities.” – Dick Dell, Executive Director, Advanced Vehicle Research Center

“Throughout my work on national aerospace programs, I’ve cited Jeff’s excellent work in analyzing state industry clusters and comparing them to national economic data on commercial space transportation enabled industries. Jeff’s results show that the space market extends far beyond the narrowly defined aerospace industry to include every sector of the economy. If you represent a non-space company and don't know how to approach this market, I strongly encourage you to talk with Jeff.” – Troy Thrash, Executive Director, National Aerospace Development Center

Executive Leadership

"For the three years Jeff served as Executive Director, he was consistently on top of all the myriad and varied details required to keep the organization running without ever losing sight of the big, strategic picture. When confronted with a task that would probably recur, he’d find a way to systematize it such that it never again hogged his, or anybody else’s time. The result was a dramatic leap in the efficiency and professionalism of our organization. Best of all, now that Jeff has moved on the people he trained are able to keep the systems he set up running at a dramatically reduced cost compared to four years ago while still being much more effective." - Bob Werb, Chairman and Co-Founder, Space Frontier Foundation

"I want to say to you and all of us that you have done an excellent job, and it has been my pleasure working with you. I have found your style to be professional and direct, and your candor refreshing and of the type that has made me think and often examine my own actions and approaches to things.

You have taken the Foundation's business operations to a new level that will be a legacy you can be proud of, and will make the job of those who follow you much easier. From databases to management tools to systems and general approaches, I can honestly say you have transformed the inner workings of the organization. You have often worked behind the scenes and forgone personal glory or acknowledgement, and have always been there, driving us ahead, making sure we did things right and in a business-like manner." - Rick Tumlinson, Former Board Member and Co-Founder, Space Frontier Foundation; Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Orbital Outfitters

"Jeff is the consummate professional - engaged, motivated, focused on achieving goals, concerned, patient, and always interested in finding solutions that meet all the goals and needs of the people involved. Jeff is also an excellent professional speaker." - Kerinia Cusick, Director, Space Frontier Foundation

"As Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation, Jeff took what was an ad-hoc management system and brought order and professionalism to our operations. His attention to detail and understanding of both the organization's needs and organizational culture allowed him to transform the Foundation into a much more effective player in the Commercial Space arena." - Mike Heney, past Chairman, Space Frontier Foundation

"Jeff has demonstrated a keen sense of how to work effectively with both entrepreneurial startup companies and major contractors. His friendly but always professional attitude, impressive communication skills, and firm grasp of key issues all render him effective in a variety of business situations." - Paul Eckert, International and Commercial Strategist, Boeing Space Exploration

"I've known Jeff for several years, back in the days when he wrote a thought-provoking column on space development called "Think About It." Since then, he has worked tirelessly to promote private space development and cooperation across companies and organizations, as Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation and now as a consultant. I am working with him on the project of founding the Overview Institute, and you will have trouble to find a more effective "get it done" organizer and implementer." - Alex Howerton, Consultant, American Aerospace Advisors, Inc.

"Jeff presented an image of solid competence, reliability, stability, optimism and professionalism with a fine political sensitivity for an organization that was challenging the status quo of government space developments, and which therefore needed these qualities in its Executive Director and spokesperson. I have been working for a decade in various ways to make space tourism happen, and Jeff could always be counted upon to provide just the right endorsement, and indeed personal encouragement, to help me towards that end. Thanks, Jeff, for your major contribution." - Derek Webber, Washington, DC Director, Spaceport Associates

"Jeff has impressed as spokesman, organizer, public relations and referee. It takes diverse skills to run a non-profit with a modest budget and effectiveness and charm to get results far outsize to Space Frontier's budget and membership. Thanks! These skills qualify him to be at the helm of a far larger organization. We're very grateful of the service Jeff gave to the entire space community. Top qualities: Personable, Good Value, High Integrity." - Sam Dinkin, CEO, SpaceShot, Inc.

"I've known Jeff for 3 years, during his tenure as Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation. Jeff is both focused and visionary, inspiring others with his leadership and insight into complex industry/government relations and partnerships. He has an acute business sense balanced by practical knowledge of how policy actually works. In addition, he is a great communicator, both as a speaker and a writer - a capacity in which we at Dittmar Associates had the pleasure to work with him. I heartily recommend him as a consultant and executive manager." - Mary Lynne Dittmar, President & CEO, Dittmar & Associates

"Jeff brought a new level of professionalism to the Foundation developing infrastructure. He left things better than when he started." - Rich Pournelle, Director of Business Development, XCOR Aerospace

"Jeff is a worldclass executive, who I first had the pleasure and honor of meeting in his capacity as Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation. Jeff is exceptionally strong on leadership and strategic skills and talents. And, most importantly, he has the capability of implementation and execution. He is an asset to any organization profit or non-profit. I look forward to my next project with Jeff!" - Michael Potter, Director, Paradigm Ventures

"Jeff did an excellent job as the Space Frontier Foundation Executive Director, elevating its stature as a grass roots organization and increasing its relevance for the New Space and Old Space Communities. He is an effective organizer, facilitator, writer and speaker." - Dallas Bienhoff, Manager, Boeing In-Space & Surface Systems

"Jeff is a highly professional manager and has been very effective as the Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation. His abilities and aforementioned professionalism is what has placed the SFF at the forefront of space advocacy in the United States again. He gets results expeditiously." - Rich Godwin, President, Apogee Books

"Jeff is an enthusiastic and dedicated activist for the cause of promoting space settlement through private enterprise. As Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation, he has strongly encouraged and supported young professionals like me who share his passion." - Berin Szoka, Executive Director, Institute for Space Law and Policy

"Jeff has managed the Foundation very well by doing what needs to be done and managing those with the motivation to do it themselves. At a time when the Foundation lost one of its largest benefactors, Jeff has been able to keep the Foundation in the fore front of space advocacy and the NewSpace vision specifically." - Michael Mealling, Vice President for Business Development, Masten Space Systems

"I have a great deal of respect for you and for what you've been able to do at SFF and before that, so I would feel quite comfortable giving you a good recommendation." - Dr. Frank Schowengerdt, President, SpacePartnerships.com; Former Director, Innovative Partnerships Program, NASA

"Jeff was inspirational, aggressive, showed initiative, and guided SFF in a positive direction, forging new and strong links never before explored." - Lt. Col. Peter Garretson, Future Technology Branch, USAF

"It has been a year since I started working with Jeff Krukin... He is, by far, the most professional and easiest person for me to work with since I started on Foundation work in 1988." - Peter Thorpe, Designer and Illustrator

WRITING

"His is some of the best writing I have seen at Attachmate when it comes to conveying technical information!" - J. B. McKoy, Account Executive, Attachmate

"Kudos for Jeff Krukin’s NewSpace Nation for providing a compelling case that America’s best space days are just ahead, thanks to the creativity and determination of entrepreneurs and those who support them.  You won’t find a better, more concise introduction to the Newspace industry.” - Michael Mealling, Vice President for Business Development, Masten Space Systems

"I've just read your article in the July 8 issue of "Space Daily," and I must say that I've never heard the argument for a permanent human presence in space put so incisively. Bravo!" - Paul Douglas, Editor, "Space Operations Communicator," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

"I just read the article and I love it! I like the way you sweep across several disciplines and rest upon the practical when communicating what is otherwise a rather dramatic and often complex subject. It is a fresh perspective on a subject dominated by oldthink." - Phil Smith, Assistant Director for Research and Plans, Secure World Foundation

"I read your article, "Space is our home, not a program," and found it refreshingly clear and sound." - Richard Mains, President/Principal Scientist, Mains Associates

SPEAKING & INTERVIEWS

New! - Audio Endorsements

• Dave Brody, Executive Producer, IMAGINOVA Corp.

• Dr. Joan Vernikos, Former Director of NASA Life Sciences

"Your perspectives on space were most definitely thought provoking and provided a breath of fresh air to the normal debate." - Craig Baden, Vice President, Phi Beta Kappa at the University of North Carolina

"We heard many positive comments about your presentation, 'Space is a Place, Not a Program: Creating an Orbital Economy' from meeting attendees. Some of those comments were: 'Excellent presentation!,' 'It's good to have presentations from viewpoints outside the mainstream,' and 'Thought provoking.'" - Adrienne H. Tooley, Florida Aviation Aerospace Alliance

"Thanks a million! I've had a lot of positive comments about our piece." - John Favole, WPTV News Reporter