IAF North America & Caribbean 2016 Conference
 

The IAF North America & Caribbean Conference is honored to present as Keynote Speaker:

Charles (Charlie) Pellerin, PhD

Astrophysicist, NASA Leader, Professor, Consultant, Book Author and Life-Long Learner
 
   (book translated into seven languages, look for it at Amazon)

Keynote: "The Fifth Force: how social context determined the fate of a multi-billion dollar project"

1-Day Pre-Conference Workshop (7 hour workshop):
"How NASA builds teams, a workshop on the 4D-System"



Charlie´s Bio

In 1970, NASA/Goddard Space Center gave Charlie their highest patent-related award for a “Two-axis Fluxgate Magnetometer” (US patent). He published in IEEE Transactions, then earned a PhD in Astrophysics from Catholic University publishing in Solar Physics and the Astrophysical Journal. He then received Catholic University’s Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science. Charlie earned an “Executive MBA” at the Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development.

In 1983, Charlie became NASA’s Director, Astrophysics. He led this multi-billion dollar program for a decade building and launching 12 satellites. NASA awarded him an Outstanding Leadership Medal for excellence. Charlie invented the Great Observatories Program garnering over $15B for space astrophysics. For this, the American Astronautical Society gave Charlie their highest award, the Space Flight Award.

In 1990, Charlie’s team sent Hubble Space Telescope into space with a flawed mirror. He then mounted the space repair mission that fixed the telescope. For this NASA awarded him a 2nd Outstanding Leadership Medal, an honor bestowed on less than 50 people (including astronauts) in NASA’s History. NASA then awarded him the Distinguished Service Medal, “when the contribution is so extraordinary that other forms of recognition would be inadequate” for leadership of the Astrophysics Program.

In 1993, Charlie joined the University of Colorado’s Business School as a professor of Leadership. He created and delivered a course called “21st Century Leadership” to undergraduates, MBAs, and executives. His classes had the highest ratings in the college, consistently “A+.”

In 1995, Charlie founded “4-D Systems” with sales of about $50M over the past decade. His team won the International Coach Federation’s 2007 Prism Award for “enhanced excellence and business achievement…with documented return on investment.”

His book, How NASA Builds Teams (Wiley, 2009, available here) continues to sell well in English and seven other languages. Charlie’s current passion is supporting human-developers worldwide in using his “4-D processes” to manage the Fifth Force (social context), enhancing business performance.

Recently, China Aerospace made Charlie an “Honorary Professor,” and Asia America Multi-Tech Association of China made Charlie a “Professor,” the 1st foreigner and 9th person ever to receive this honor.

Charlie lives a happy and fulfilling life with his wife, Junko, in Boulder, Colorado with extended occasional stays in Sapporo, Japan.

Take a look at some interesting articles about Charlie and his 4D-Method.