June 14, 2016

Officers

Dr. Julia Taylor is a Strategic Management consultant, a field very closely aligned with systems engineering, involving many of the same principles including systems thinking, interdisciplinary collaboration, consideration of the whole from the beginning, and use of processes in order to deal with complex systems. Dr. Taylor feels this is an exciting time for systems engineering because of new technologies allowing for simulations, greater use of software in systems, and new ways of working together like concurrent engineering. She received her PhD in 1992 from Alliant International University, San Diego, California, and has consulted for over 25 years.

Mr. John Thomas is a Principal Systems Engineer at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and former Naval Aviator, competent in engineering processes, management and military doctrine and experienced in computer programming, program design and execution. John has over 10 years of experience in Electronic Warfare, Cryptologic Operations, Cyber, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance. He has employed systems leveraging National Intelligence information at the Strategic and Tactical levels and is proficient in fusing tactical and operational intelligence sources to enhance Maritime Domain Awareness. John recently served INCOSE as the Technical Program Committee Co-Chair of the Western States Regional Conference (WSRC 2020) and WSRC 2021, where he provided guidance on overall program development and reviewed candidates for papers and presentations. He is also a Past President of the INCOSE San Diego chapter, and will re-assume the role of President in 2025.

Mr. Vincent Poteat is a Senior Principal Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman with over 11 years of engineering experience including rapid prototype development, integration and test, requirements analysis & management, and technical planning. His education includes a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineer and a Caltech Systems Engineering Fundamentals certificate, and he holds INCOSE ASEP certification. He is a Past President of the INCOSE San Diego chapter.

Mr. Mitchell Seime is a Systems Engineer for Naval Information Warfare System Command, currently leading technical authority implementation for Navy Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence systems. A retired submarine electronics technician, Mitch served as the assistant program manager for the development of the Common Submarine Radio Room V2 and V3. In 2016 Mitch reported to NAVWAR Office of the Chief Engineer to stand up the Navy Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications Chief Engineer. In his role as Lead Systems Engineer, he defined engineering and certification process for strategic systems and established active relationships with other strategic deterrent stakeholders. Mitch has a BS in Workforce Education focused on Technology Management and a MS in Systems Engineering Management from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Mr. Greg Bulla has worked in software engineering and systems engineering domains for over 20 years. He currently supports the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Headquarters division in conducting technical systems engineering reviews of large DOD programs. Greg’s professional software experience includes the planning, design and development of time-critical targeting software, intelligent software agents, and tactical radios, and has directly contributed to the following programs: U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Global Command and Control System (GCCS), Distributed Common Ground System-Navy (DCGS-N), and a U.S. unmanned ship program. His education includes a Bachelor degree in Aerospace Engineering and Masters degree in Computer Science, and he holds active INCOSE CSEP certification. He is also a Past President of the INCOSE San Diego chapter.

Mr. Troy Smith is a Signal Engineer Principal at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and retired Naval Crytologic Warfare Officer. He is familiar with engineering processes, management and military doctrine, and experienced in program design and execution. Troy has over 25 years of experience in Electronic Warfare, Cryptologic Operations, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, and Counter-Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance. He earned his Master’s Degree in IW Systems Engineering from Naval Postgraduate School.  He has trained, tasked, and employed various Naval EW and SIGINT systems while leveraging National Intelligence information at the Tactical and Operational levels to achieve an information advantage for Tactical Commanders.

Mr. Mitchell Seime is a Systems Engineer for Naval Information Warfare System Command, currently leading technical authority implementation for Navy Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence systems. A retired submarine electronics technician, Mitch served as the assistant program manager for the development of the Common Submarine Radio Room V2 and V3. In 2016 Mitch reported to NAVWAR Office of the Chief Engineer to stand up the Navy Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications Chief Engineer. In his role as Lead Systems Engineer, he defined engineering and certification process for strategic systems and established active relationships with other strategic deterrent stakeholders. Mitch has a BS in Workforce Education focused on Technology Management and a MS in Systems Engineering Management from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Mr. Vincent Poteat is a Senior Principal Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman with over 11 years of engineering experience including rapid prototype development, integration and test, requirements analysis & management, and technical planning. His education includes a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineer and a Caltech Systems Engineering Fundamentals certificate, and he holds INCOSE ASEP certification. He is a Past President of the INCOSE San Diego chapter.

Mr. Ted Mulder is a Program Manager at Northrop Grumman corporation (NGC). He is an experienced leader with a strong history of leading teams to successful project completion, meeting cost and schedule, requirements analysis, system architecture, and minimizing project risks. Ted is skilled in unmanned aerial vehicles (Avionics & Ground Segment), C5ISR systems, communications, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), software, project and subcontractor management, as well as integrating very large complex systems for a wide variety of aerospace systems. Ted has earned both a BS and MS degree in Electrical Engineering, and he holds an active INCOSE CSEP certification. His professional experience includes over 15 years at NGC as well as time at Lockheed-Martin corporation. Ted is also a Past-President of the INCOSE San Diego chapter, leading the chapter in 2018 to their first Platinum Award status as well as the President’s Award for Outstanding Chapter, worldwide. He also received the Grady Outstanding Service Award for 2019 and the 2020 Keith F. Glassman Outstanding Engineering Service Award by the San Diego County Engineering Council (SDCEC). In 2021, Ted served as Chair for the Western States Regional Conference (WSRC) which was hosted in San Diego.

Mr. John Thomas is a Principal Systems Engineer at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and former Naval Aviator, competent in engineering processes, management and military doctrine and experienced in computer programming, program design and execution. John has over 10 years of experience in Electronic Warfare, Cryptologic Operations, Cyber, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance. He has employed systems leveraging National Intelligence information at the Strategic and Tactical levels and is proficient in fusing tactical and operational intelligence sources to enhance Maritime Domain Awareness. John recently served INCOSE as the Technical Program Committee Co-Chair of the Western States Regional Conference (WSRC 2020) and WSRC 2021, where he provided guidance on overall program development and reviewed candidates for papers and presentations. He is also a Past President of the INCOSE San Diego chapter, and will re-assume the role of President in 2025.

Dr. Art Villanueva, ESEP, is the Chief Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technology Architect for Dell Technologies’ Federal Strategic Programs where he advises, evangelizes, and molds Dell Federal’s posture in the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence. His experience spans multiple industries. In the Defense sector, he served as Chief Architect for billion-dollar programs at Northrop Grumman. In the public transportation arena, he led systems engineering activities for large-scale city-wide transportation systems at Cubic. He is also a successful entrepreneur, having co-founded three startups. Dr. Villanueva is an inventor, holding three utility patents and publishing several peer-reviewed papers. He holds a Doctor of Engineering degree in Systems Engineering from Colorado State University, specializing in meta-algorithmics for natural language processing, a Master of Advanced Studies degree in Architecture-based Enterprise Systems Engineering from the University of California, San Diego, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics with a Specialization in Computing from the University of California, Los Angeles. Additionally, Dr. Villanueva just earned his INCOSE Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) rating.


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