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On this page you will find: - What is NewSpace?
- My NewSpace Economic Development services
- Why should you hire me?
- Recent consulting engagements
- Some organizations that have requested my support
What is NewSpace? The term “NewSpace” evolved from “alt.space,” first used in the 1980’s to identify the alternative space community that was attempting to conduct space activity in a considerably different manner from NASA and its contractors. This is the emerging commercial space industry, the antithesis of the decades-old civil space program we know as NASA and its large contractors like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and so forth. Today, this is primarily entrepreneurs and small- or medium-size firms with these characteristics: - Space-related products and services sold from a fixed-price catalog (versus the traditional space industry's cost-plus government procurement model)
- Customers include individual consumers and other non-government entities, as well as civil and government entities
- The company is funded primarily by the owner(s), angel investors, and/or venture capital
- A significant portion of the company’s revenue is earned from non-government entities
While many entrepreneurs and companies easily fit these criteria, others exist in that gray area between NewSpace and traditional aerospace. Therefore, labeling a company as “NewSpace” is sometimes more art than science. Learn more about NewSpace and associated business opportunities with my tri-fold brochure (500k). My NewSpace Economic Development services include: - Business Leadership (please click for details)
- Review of the NewSpace Industry and its sectors
- Selling and marketing your products and services into the NewSpace market
- Community industry cluster analysis
- Create proposals
- Custom research and reports
Why should you hire me? Consider these skills, honed by 25+ years of general business, IT, and NewSpace leadership: - Bilingual - I speak Engineering/Tech and Business
- Strategic vision balanced with tactical thinking
- Detailed analysis blended with results-oriented imagination
- Building and nurturing executive relationships and project teams
- Superlative communication skills (written and spoken)
Receive value from my IT experience , read my clients' Endorsements , and benefit from my NewSpace engagements:
- State of North Carolina: advise on development of indigenous NewSpace industry and commercial spaceport (2010)
- North Carolina Aerospace Alliance: organized and spoke at the NewSpace Commerce Forum (Nov. 2009)
- Presence Displays VOF (The Netherlands): preliminary assessment of U.S. market for space simulation technology (2008-2009)
- SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc.: improved product marketing, website design, and advertising strategy for launch of new software division (2008)
- Caterpillar Corp.: analyzed business models and provided recommendations for lunar machine development. Deliverables included a white paper and presentation to corporate management. (2008)
- Starport Cafe: business plan development (2007-2008)
- Third Millennium Publishing LLC: research of the NewSpace industry (2008)
- Space Frontier Foundation: Executive Director (annual contract Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2007, full-time position)
- Initiated the North Carolina Aero/Space Economy Project in 2004 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. North Carolina Space Grant and North Carolina State University grant-funded deliverables include:
- Visited four regional Economic Development Partnerships to provide education about the emerging commercial space industry and obtain business and political support (2006 - 2007)
- Member of NC Aerospace Steering Committee (see presentation, including my review of commercial space activity across the US beginning with slide 13) (2007)
- Contributor to "North Carolina's Strategic Plan for Aerospace Workforce Development 2008 - 2012" (2007)
- Lead author of "The Aero/Space Economy in North Carolina: A Preliminary Assessment of Current Performance and Future Prospects" (2005)
- Co-facilitated a one-day workshop for industry, government and university sectors to develop statewide aerospace economic intelligence (2005)
- See my unique concept for defining the Aero/Space Economy, and the relationships between and transition from a narrow industry to a broad cluster to an all-encompassing space economy (2005)
These organizations have requested my support in various capacities: How may I help you? |
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