Mr. Gordon Kordyak is the Deputy Director of Capability Delivery, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, VA. Mr. Kordyak is responsible for ensuring support for, and advocacy on behalf of, all U.S. Space Force materiel capabilities across the unclassified and classified Space Enterprise from initial development through to operations and sustainment. Prior to his responsibilities within the Assistant Secretary’s office, Mr. Kordyak was the Senior Materiel Leader overseeing the development and sustainment of Space Domain Awareness programs for Space Systems Command. Mr. Kordyak was also the U.S. Space Force Executive Agent for Space Domain Awareness (SDA), leading end-to-end integration of the SDA enterprise on the behalf of the US Space Force Chief of Space Operations.

Mr. Kordyak attended the University of Redlands and has a double bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Political Science. He also has a Master’s degree in both International Relations/Diplomacy and in Business. Mr. Kordyak was commissioned in 2002 through the California State University San Bernardino Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp program. Upon separating from the Air Force in 2007, Mr. Kordyak served as a contractor providing technical advisory support to (now) Space Systems Command before transitioning to be a senior civilian leader in the Department of the Air Force.