Mariella GRAZIANO

GMV Space Systems • Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development - Science, Exploration and Transportation

Mariella Graziano is an Aerospace Engineer from the Sapienza University of Rome (Sapienza-Università di Roma). She joined GMV in 1999 and since 2022 she has held the position of Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development for Science, Exploration and Transportation - GMV Space Systems.

She started his career working at TER SRL, a small Italian technological company. She has been in ESA as YGT working in systems engineering and space simulation.

Since joining GMV, she has assumed various technical and management responsibilities. In 2007 she is appointed Executive Director of the Space Segment and Robotics business unit, a position she will hold until 2020, the year in which she is nominated Executive Director of Strategy and International Coordination for the same domains. In 2022, and because of a new organization by GMV, she is appointed Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development of Science, Exploration and Transportation - GMV Space Systems. She is member of the GMV-Alén Space Executive committee.

Graziano is Academician of the IAA, The International Academy of Astronautics, Engineering Science. She is an active member of numerous international associations, including the IAA Planetary Defence Committee, the IAF Committees for Space Exploration, Planetary Defence and NEO, and Industrial Relations, as well as the Global Exploration Conference. She has been part of the Board of Directors for Women In Aerospace Europe for STEAM and Education Outreach. She is member of Advisory Council of the Journal of Field Robotics and has more than 50 articles and publications in the space field.

Likewise, Mariella actively participates in different programs to promote youth and female talents towards training in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) and in the dissemination of space culture among young generations.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2024

14-18 October 2024

Milan, Italy

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International Astronautical Congress 2022

18-22 September 2022

Paris, France

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International Astronautical Congress 2021

25-29 October 2021

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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International Astronautical Congress 2019

21-25 October 2019

Washington, United States

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