[8] One of his earliest projects was working with Don Reifer on the creation of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Softcost program for Robert Tauseworth.
It was in that consulting role where Galorath became familiar with Dr. Randall Jensen's modifications to the Putnam model.
[9][13] SEER-SEM built on the work Galorath had done on Jensen’s model and added features such as a graphic user interface.
[6][23] Galorath received a lifetime achievement award in 2009 from the Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis.
[25][3][26] He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the non-profit organizations Book of Mormon Central,[11] the John A. Widtsoe Foundation,[27][28] and the ISBSG (International Software Benchmarking Standards Group).