Jeffrey Kurtz

National Chemsearch (NCH) in Irving, Texas where he found is passion in global sourcing and manufacturing working inside the AM General facility where they manufactured the Hummer for military and commercial applications. Since, he has developed, sourced and manufactured thousands of components and sub-assemblies used by some of the largest and most respected companies in the world such as General Electric, Boeing, Halliburton, Thalys and many others. After the passing of his mother in 2006, he founded a supply chain management company, EHK International, which were his mother’s initial’s as way to keep her giving spirit alive. In 2014, he was retained as subject matter expert and consultant for the largest oil company in the world, Saudi Aramco. He was a launch member of the IKTVA program that is designed to create 500,000 Saudi jobs by 2021. He worked along side key members of the Aramco organization, foreign government representatives and distinguished global CEO’s. Upon returning stateside in 2017, he has worked with numerous startups commercializing finished goods across a spectrum of industries including oil and gas, air pollution control products and off grid energy systems. The passion of creating solutions and commercializing products for internal and external clients is what drives Jeffrey each day. When not living on an airplane, Jeffrey loves to spend time with his wife Andrea, their son Rook and three dogs in Austin, Texas. His favorite achievement was fulfilling his boyhood dream of being a pilot by earning his private pilot’s license in 2014. Jeffrey has made Texas home off and on since he graduated with his bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship from Ball State University in 1998.