Rick Dove is an unaffiliated independent operator, specializing in systems security and agile systems research, engineering, and project management. He chairs the INCOSE working groups for Agile Systems and Systems Engineering, and for Systems Security Engineering; and leads both the Security and Agility projects for INCOSE’s initiative on the Future of Systems Engineering (FuSE). He is an INCOSE Fellow, and author of Response Ability, the Language, Structure, and Culture of the Agile Enterprise.
Duncan Kemp is the Senior Fellow for Systems Engineering in Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) within the UK Ministry of Defence. He is both the discipline lead for Systems Engineering and the team leader of the DE&S internal SE consultancy, which he has grown from scratch to a team of over 60 systems engineers over the last six years. Duncan is also leading the implementation of Digital Engineering transformation on MOD. Duncan has over thirty-years’ experience of developing safe and effective systems, in: air defence, submarine combat systems, strategic command and control systems, operational and business information services, railways and land systems. Previous roles have included Chief Systems Engineer for rail in the UK Department for Transport, Chief Architect for MODs Command, Control, Computing and Communication systems and MOD acquisition reform team leader. Duncan led one of the earliest Agile software development teams in MOD to build collaborative working environments at the turn of the century. He has also led, and supported, a range of initiatives to reduce the time to Market for products. More recently Duncan used agile principles to grow the MOD internal technical consultancy capability. Duncan is a chartered engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and INCOSE Fellow. He was one of the authors of the SE Vision 2025, the lead author for the INCOSE UK Capability SE Guide and an author of the INCOSE UK Agile SE guide. He has presented over 20 peer reviewed papers (4 best papers) at INCOSE international symposia and INCOSE UK conferences. He was the co-author of the INCOSE UK Agile SE guide. Duncan has held a range of formal positions within INCOSE and is currently the co-chair of the INCOSE System Safety Working Group. Duncan is the Visiting Professor for Systems Thinking at the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical, and Manufacturing Engineering at Loughborough University.
Kerry Lunney has extensive experience developing and delivering large system solutions. She has worked in various industries including ICT, Gaming, Transport, Aerospace and Defence. The systems delivered include combat systems, communication systems, road, and rail ITSs, vehicle electronic systems, and gaming systems. Kerry's career has taken her throughout the Asia-Oceania region and beyond including engineering leadership roles in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, USA, and NZ. Her career has spanned over 30 years holding roles such as Lead Systems Architect, Engineering Manager, Principal Systems Engineer, Technical and Engineering Director, and Design Authority in the international organizations of Rockwell, Boeing, GTECH, and Thales. Currently, she is the Country Engineering Director and Chief Engineer in Thales Australia. Kerry is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, an Engineering Executive and Chartered Professional Engineer, and holds the ESEP qualification from INCOSE. Kerry contributes extensively to SE, increasing the awareness and competencies of SE, and the benefits of applying a systems approach. She has held many volunteer roles in her career including past National President of the Systems Engineering Society of Australia (SESA), INCOSE Director for Asia-Oceania, INCOSE President-Elect, and INCOSE President. She recently contributed to the authorship of the new text on “Emerging Trends in SE Leadership”.
Robin Yeman is currently publishing her first book in what she has coined “Industrial DevOps” which is scheduled to be released in 2023. Robin’s expertise spans over twenty-five years as a Senior Technology Fellow at Lockheed Martin. Her specialty is software engineering with focus on Digital Engineering, DevSecOps, and Agile building large complex solutions across multiple domains from submarines to satellites. She advocates for continuous learning with multiple certifications including SAFe Fellow, SPCT, CEC, PMP, PMI-ACP, and CSEP. She is a Systems Engineering PhD candidate at Colorado State researching best practices to deliver complex safety critical solutions using Agile and DevSecOps. Robin has led several efforts in Agile program execution and continues to lend her expertise on the development of Safety Critical Systems using Digital Engineering, DevSecOps, and Agile techniques and processes on management, schedule, cost, and technical performance. She provides mentoring, guidance, coaching support, and conducts training classes for engineering and management teams and customers on Digital Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile tools, process, and methodologies.
Keith Willett is a senior systems engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense with over 35 years of experience in technology as an educator, practitioner, and innovator. He has degrees in computer science, mathematics, business, cybersecurity, and systems engineering and takes a transdisciplinary approach to problem definition and solution development. Keith is an active member of INCOSE as a co-chair for the Systems Security and Agile Systems & Agile Systems Engineering Working Groups; and projects related to the Future of Systems Engineering (FuSE), an INCOSE-led multiorganizational collaboration to strategize and develop ideas for the future of systems engineering. Keith recently contributed to three books by Springer Publishing, 1) The Handbook of Security Science, 2) Disruption, Ideation, and Innovation for Defense and Security, and the 3) Handbook of Foresight, Strategy, and Futures Studies for Defense and Security. Keith’s contributions include chapters on Aligning Security with General Systems Theory, Systems Thinking and Security, Security Modeling and Simulation, Quantum Computing – Unraveling the Hype, and Total War, among others.