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Paul Graziani
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Peter B. Teets Award Dinner
Paul Graziani is AGI’s chief executive officer and co-founder. For more than 30 years, Paul has championed the use of commercial software in the national security and space industries. Today, AGI’s flagship product, STK, is used in more than 50,000 installations around the world, spanning the aerospace, defense, and intelligence industries. From AGI’s beginning - in Paul’s living room in 1989 – Paul has spearheaded work practices that have earned local, state, and national recognition. The innovative work environment at AGI’s 80,000 square foot headquarters, and the software produced there, have won several entrepreneurial excellence awards.
Paul sits on the board of directors of Passur Aerospace and serves as vice chairperson of the Federation of Galaxy Explorers (FOGE). He is a director emeritus of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), a member of the board of governors of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), and an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Paul is also a former member of the board of governors for the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), and today he serves as Chairman of the Civil Air Patrol Foundation. In addition, he previously served on the Advisory Board for Penn State Great Valley. And, after fulfilling his board tenure, Paul was elected to the honorary position of life director of The Space Foundation.
Interestingly, Paul earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from LaSalle College, but quickly pivoted his career by virtue of his software development skills while he was working with General Electric’s Space Division in 1980. Paul is a serial early adopter of all technology, an avid woodworker, and a sports car enthusiast.