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Steve Plystak

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Director of Business Development - USG at Capella Space
📍 Herndon, Virginia, United States

Steve Plystak is an accomplished business development director with over 30 years of experience supporting the US government, Intelligence Community, and Department of Defense. Educated at the Virginia Military Institute and Naval Postgraduate School, he specializes in commercial space and ground systems, and has managed business development pipelines exceeding $20 billion.

During his time at the Virginia Military Institute, Steve was involved with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student chapter, serving as Vice Chairman. He also participated in the SCUBA and Rugby clubs.

He is the recipient of the FY13 Harris Business Development Excellence Award for securing over $200 million in funding for a satellite payload.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Director of Business Development - USG
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Herndon, Virginia, United States
Personality Overview

How Steve shows up

Tough To Convince
Late Adopter
Status Quo Seeker

They tend to have clarity about their needs and constraints, and are unlikely to over-promise. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. They are always well-planned and adopt a systematic approach.

Priorities

Topics Steve cares about

Commercial Space
His career focus is on bringing commercial space technology, like SAR and RF intelligence, to government and defense clients at companies including Capella Space and HawkEye 360.
Government Contracting
He has extensive experience building and managing multi-billion dollar opportunity pipelines specifically for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Director of Business Development - USG
Capella Space
9-2024 - 4-2025
Senior System Engineer
Envisioneering Inc
5-2022 - 6-2024
Senior Director USG Business Development - Commercial Space RF for IC/DOD
HawkEye 360
6-2020 - 5-2022
ISR Space Senior Business Development and Strategy Manager - Tactical Space Division
Northrop Grumman
11-2018 - 6-2020
NRO Senior Business Development Manager - National Solutions Operations
Leidos
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Media appearances

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Education
1989 - 1991
MS
Naval Postgraduate School
1981 - 1984
BS
Virginia Military Institute
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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