Dr. Timothy P. Graves is the general manager of the Information Systems and Cyber Division (ISCD) at The Aerospace Corporation. ISCD is responsible for Aerospace’s software, cyber, and data science innovations supporting national security space (NSS), NASA/civil programs, industry, and academia. As one of Aerospace’s largest engineering divisions, ISCD is at the cutting edge of technology supporting customers in multiple frontiers of software and cloud architecture, edge computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, space cyber resilience, full-stack development, and more.
Previously, Graves was the general manager of the Physical Sciences Laboratories (PSL), a unique organization consisting of over 150 laboratories and a world-class scientific staff and portfolio. Graves led PSL to new levels with R&D growth and transition strategies that expanded the research portfolio and enabled improved collaboration and customer impact.
Graves joined The Aerospace Corporation in 2006 as a senior member of the technical staff in the Space Materials Laboratory, Laboratory Operations, where he developed new research and laboratories for space plasma effects. He managed the Electric Propulsion and Plasma Science group within the laboratories and then went on to have multiple customer-facing roles in the Department of Defense and Intelligence community. He relocated to Chantilly, Virginia, to join Aerospace’s National Systems Group, managing multiple payload acquisitions and becoming principal director of the Survivability and Resilience Office. In this role, Graves developed and grew a new program office for space resiliency across multiple customer sets and mission partners.
Education
Graves has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in applied plasma physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Awards and Honors
Graves was awarded the Aerospace President’s Award in 2012 and the Aerospace Trustees’ Award in 2017.
