Jiral Shah
Jiral Shah is Vice President of Business Development at Gravitics, where he leads commercial-government partnerships work, including the company’s $60 million STRATFI agreement with the U.S. Space Force.
As Program Manager at the U.S. Space Force from 2019 to 2022, Jiral managed acquisition and service delivery of commercial space capabilities for the Department of Defense, with more than $5 billion in services in contract during that period. He previously served as Senior Engineer at Air Force Space Command, leading commercial satellite communications work for the DOD, and previously spent six years in the U.S. Army as a satellite and radio communications engineer.
Jiral holds an M.S. in Space Systems Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering from George Washington University.