Dale is the Director of the Spaceport Research & Technology Institute (SRTI). As a lifelong resident of Florida’s Space Coast, after graduating from the University of Florida, Ketcham’s career has been either directly involved in the Space program through a decade with Rockwell International on the Shuttle, or indirectly as District Director for Congressman Jim Bacchus on the House Space Subcommittee, or as the Director of Space Programs for Enterprise Florida, the state’s economic development agency.
The Spaceport Research and Technology Institute is administered by the University of Central Florida.