Most organizations, systems engineers, and others who contributed to the research reported here did so anonymously; i.e. we cannot reveal their names. A handful of people, however, were kind enough to allow us to reveal their identities. We thank these seven individuals very much for their willingness to be mentioned by name throughout the book at points where their stories matter. For each of them, Table A.1 offers a thumbnail biography to provide more context about who they are and why we chose them.
TABLE A.1 Biographical Sketches of Quoted Systems Engineers
Name | Seniority | Where Living Now | Highest Degree | Selected Experiences | ||
Employers | Industry Sectors | Selected Positions | ||||
Michael Celentano | Senior | USA | BS Electrical Engineering, New York Institute of Technology | Roche Diagnostics | Healthcare | Program Manager, R&D Manager, Principal Functional Project Leader |
UMM Electronics | Medical Device Manufacturer | Project Manager, Engineering Manager | ||||
Seradyn | Industrial Laboratory Instruments | Instrument Engineering Manager | ||||
Gina Guillaume‐Joseph | Mid‐Level | USA | PhD Systems Engineering, George Washington University | MITRE | Various Government Support | Principal Systems Engineer, Project Leader |
George Washington University | Academia | Adjunct Professor | ||||
Booz Allen Hamilton | Various Government Support | Senior Test Engineer | ||||
John Hearing | Senior | USA | MS Systems Technology in Space Systems Operations, Naval Postgraduate School | Boeing | Aviation | IPT Leader, Senior Manager, Project Leader, Group Manager, Product Specialist |
California Institute of Technology | Academia | Instructor | ||||
US Navy | Government Military | Various ranks culminating in Commander | ||||
Garry Roedler | Senior | USA | MS Mechanical Engineering, Temple University | Lockheed Martin | Defense and Aerospace | Senior Fellow, Engineering Outreach Manager, Chief Systems Engineer, Senior Systems Engineering Manager, Senior Program Manager, Consultant Systems Engineer |
Paul Schreine‐makers | Senior | The Netherlands | MS Engineering Product Design, University of Wolverhampton | How2SE | Construction, Oil & Gas, Railway | Consultant Systems Engineering |
Thales Communications | Communications | Back‐up Project Leader for CMMI Implementation | ||||
Space Research Organization Netherlands | Space | Mechanical Engineer, Systems Engineer | ||||
Jon Wade | Senior | USA | PhD Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT | Stevens Institute of Technology | Academia | Professor, Associate Dean of Research, SERC CTO |
International Game Technology | Gaming | Executive Vice President of Engineering | ||||
Sun Microsystems | Computing | Senior Director, Product Manager, Senior Manager | ||||
Thinking Machines, Corp. | Computing | Chief Architect, Project Leader, Manager, Director | ||||
Courtney Wright | Mid‐Level | USA | MS Operations Research, Georgia Tech | V1 Decisions | Various Clients | Program Manager, Systems Engineering Instructor |
Booz Allen Hamilton | Defense, Aerospace | Lead Instructor, Systems and Specialty Engineering and Management, Operability Lead | ||||
SRA, International | Defense, Aerospace | Technical Lead, Configuration Management Lead |
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