Matthew Gialich is Co-Founder and CEO of AstroForge. He is an experienced engineering leader with over a decade of experience leading high-performing engineering teams. At Virgin Orbit, he was responsible for building and hiring across all aspects of avionics and led the flight software and GNC teams during his tenure. After Virgin, he joined Bird scooters as Director of Vehicle Software, where he led the team through the development of the Bird 2 and 3 vehicles.