Tig Krekel

Bio

Mr. Krekel is Vice Chairman of J.F. Lehman and has been with the firm since 2001. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Krekel served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hughes Space and Communications and President of Boeing Satellite Systems, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial and military communications satellites. Before joining Hughes in 1999, Mr. Krekel was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace Equipment Systems group of AlliedSignal (now Honeywell), which served the commercial transport, regional airline, general aviation, military and space markets. Before AlliedSignal, Mr. Krekel served in senior executive positions at Decair Corporation, an aviation/aerospace holding company, Poloron Products, a diversified manufacturing concern and Jet America, a domestic and international air carrier. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot's license and has more than 3,000 hours of flight time in jet and rotary-wing aircraft.Mr. Krekel spent five years as a Naval Officer holding various assignments including nuclear engineering duty on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, and aide in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon. He has served on the boards of PanAmSat Corporation, Hughes Space & Communications Intl., Inc., Decair Corporation and many of JFLCO’s realized investments. He currently is Chairman of Defense Venture Group (DVG) and Northeast Ship Repair, and director of Drew Marine and Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK-NYSE). Mr. Krekel is a National Trustee of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Mr. Krekel graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, from the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School as a licensed Nuclear Engineer and earned an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Career

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JF Lehman & Co Partner and Vice Chairman Email: [email protected]