Ryan A. Noguchi is Principal Engineer in the Architecture & Design Subdivision at The Aerospace Corporation. He is responsible for developing and applying disciplined system architecting methods, processes, tools, and models for a diverse set of government agencies and internal R&D projects. He has led multiple system, system of systems, and enterprise modeling pilot projects and advises government enterprise management organizations and system acquisition programs to guide their establishment of disciplined model-based systems engineering and digital engineering capabilities. He is an Object Management Group (OMG) Certified Systems Modeling Professional (OCSMP) SysML Model Builder—Advanced. He has a B.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Heidi Davidz is an Intelligent Systems Engineering Subject Matter Expert at ManTech International Corporation where she works to modernize SE practice using model-based, computational technologies. She is co-author of the ManTech Model Governance Guide which has been used on multiple programs for model and data governance to enhance Digital Engineering execution. She serves as the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Deputy Services Director. Previously at Dynetics, she was a Senior Principal Aerospace Engineer for the Human Landing System. At Aerojet Rocketdyne, roles included the Digital Engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering Lead, SE Discipline Lead, Chief Process SE, and other positions in SE and Test. She earned a Ph.D. in Engineering Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University.
Sarah Scheithauer is a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Research Engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) with 10+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, with a focus on the application of MBSE and Digital Engineering (DE) for the majority of her career. Sarah earned her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University and started her career with Boeing Defense thereafter, where she established core Systems Engineering principles as a Requirements Management Engineer for the CH-47 Chinook. Additionally, Sarah held several lead roles in and facilitated the planning and execution of the transition to Digital Engineering for many Boeing programs. In her current position at GTRI, Sarah continues to learn about how MBSE and DE (as the encompassing application of MBSE) is being implemented across the DoD, and strives to use her experience to continuously improve DE implementation on real-world acquisition programs in the rapidly changing environment of DE.
With over a decade of experience in organizational transformation, systems engineering, and technology integration, Dr. Douglas Orellana, is responsible for ManTech’s digital transformation and modernization of systems engineering and developing the next generation solutions powered by advanced computing, modeling and simulation, automation, and artificial intelligence. Prior to ManTech, he held numerous positions with increasing authority within system engineering organizations at Northrop Grumman and SAIC, spanning the systems lifecycle. Dr. Orellana earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Systems Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and his Doctorate in Astronautical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Jordan Howie is a Space Systems Engineer within The Aerospace Corporation’s Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Office, where he promotes the understanding and utilization of DE and MBSE processes, methods, and tools across the organization. Jordan is a co-author of the Model Portfolio Management Guide, which is being adopted by the INCOSE Tool Integration and Model Lifecycle Management Working Group, and is also leading other efforts to improve model management, configuration management, and other technical management processes at Aerospace. Jordan received his B.S. in Applied Physics from Morehouse College, another B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, and an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He is also a member of the INCOSE Technical Leadership Institute (TLI) Cohort 8.