Jeff Matthews is a Specialist Leader at Deloitte Consulting with 16 years of experience in finance, innovation, and business development in the aerospace industry and other high-growth technology sectors. He has participated as an advisor in venture capital raises for frontier technology companies, primarily focused on space and emerging software technologies, providing capital solicitation strategies to startups and market analysis and due diligence to investors. Mr. Matthews has served as a designated key personnel contractor for NASA and recently produced an independent analysis of the commercial space launch services market for DARPA in support of their XS-1 Program. He is currently a board member for the Space Frontier Foundation and previously served as their Director of Venture Strategy and Research.