Patrick McKenzie is the Vice President of Aerospace Business Development at Quadrus Corporation. He joined the company in January of 2024.

Mr. McKenzie brings more than four decades of aerospace experience to the job with the past 20 years focused on NASA, DoD, and commercial business development and capture. His resume includes 23 years with Lockheed Martin, five years at Ball Aerospace, four years with RUAG Space (now Beyond Gravity), and highly rewarding stints at ASRC Federal, York Space Systems, Spaceflight, Inc. and most recently Firefly Aerospace. Some highlights of his career include serving as capture lead for Lockheed Martin’s successful bid for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (Orion) in 2005-2006, leading RUAG’s support to Dynetics to secure the Universal Stage Adapter (part of NASA’s Space Launch System) contract in 2017 and serving as capture manager for the York Space Systems successful bid on the Space Development Agency Tranche 1 Transport layer competition (2022).

Mr. McKenzie was raised in Northern Virginia and graduated from T.C. Williams (“Remember the Titans”) High School in Alexandria in 1975. He went on to earn a BA in Fine Art from Virginia Tech (1979) and received a Master’s degree in Systems Management (1982) from the University of Southern California while a contractor at Hickam AFB in Honolulu, HI.

During his career, Mr. McKenzie has been affiliated with the AIAA, AAS, and the IAF serving for many years on the Space Transportation committee of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC). He is also a proud “life loyal sig” member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.

When he’s not at work, Mr. McKenzie enjoys movies, zoos, hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, reading, playing the guitar, and spending time with his family in Seattle, WA.