Dr. Margherita Cardi is an experienced professional with a background in space engineering. She joined Tyvak International as third employee, and has covered various roles in the company, from system engineer to program manager to VP Programs. In her current role as VP Programs and Business Development, she is responsible for Tyvak International program managers team, business development team and system engineering team, working in programs and opportunities with commercial and institutional customers. As Program Manager, she led multiple missions among which the Hera Milani mission, launched in October 2024 and on its way to the Didymos asteroid.
Before Tyvak, she worked at Vitrociset S.p.A focusing on the Vega launcher ground segment, and spent more than one year at the European Spaceport in French Guyana.
Dr. Cardi holds a Master’s Degree in Space in Space Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome.