Ryan Conroy is a seasoned aerospace executive with a 20+ year track record of leadership across the government, commercial, and international space sectors. He currently serves as Vice President of Business Development at Elve, where he leads strategic growth initiatives, customer growth, and market segment development across commercial and government markets. Elve is pioneering advancements in millimeter wave amplifiers to transform high-bandwidth communications, sensing, and other advanced applications.
Ryan’s career spans critical roles at industry leaders including Boeing, SpaceX, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, and The Aerospace Corporation. At Boeing, he contributed to the STS-114 Return to Flight mission and led spacecraft integration for the Sea Launch and Land Launch programs. At SpaceX, Ryan was instrumental in the early commercial adoption of the Falcon 9 vehicle, managing missions like the ORBCOMM launch on CRS-1 and guiding customers through critical milestones.
Later, at The Aerospace Corporation, he advised senior Pentagon US Air Force and US Space Force leaders on space acquisition strategy, commercializing space architectures, and other national security space programs. He also co-led the Aerospace Corporation’s Commercial Space Futures initiative, facilitating integration of commercial capabilities into national defense space strategies.