Shad Gitiforooz

Shad Gitiforooz is a Mechanical Engineer currently working at ThinKom Solutions, Inc. since April 2023. Previous experience includes serving as an Associate Product Manager at Duffl from March 2021 to March 2023, where Shad co-founded a 10-minute delivery convenience store in Santa Barbara, managing 50 employees to streamline order fulfillment. Shad's earlier roles also feature an internship in System Engineering at ThinKom Solutions, focusing on mobile Ka-band SATCOM antenna systems, and work as a Propulsion Engineer at the Rocket Propulsion Laboratory at UCSB, leading a team in designing a static fire test structure for a liquid-fueled rocket. Additional experience includes an administrative internship at City Hearts and a counselor position at First Neighborhood Day Camp. Shad earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara in June 2022.