Welcome to the North Star Chapter

The North Star Chapter of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in Minnesota to develop and disseminate the interdisciplinary principles and practices that enable the realization of successful systems across diversified business sectors.

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Chapter Events

INCOSE North Star: SE Competency

Minnetonka, Minnesota , USA

Ridgedale Public Library, 12601 Ridgedale Dr, Minnetonka, MN 55305

INCOSE North Star: SE Competency

Date: 22 October 2025
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM Central Time

Location: Ridgedale Public Library, 12601 Ridgedale Dr, Minnetonka, MN  55305

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Steve Untz has spent a good portion of his professional career enhancing the Systems Engineering capabilities within various organizations. If you have struggled with what to do to improve your personal Systems Engineering practices, or those of your organization, this may be an invaluable presentation for you.

The INCOSE Systems Engineering Competency Framework is a set of competencies for Systems Engineering. It provides guidance for both beneficiaries and practitioners to identify knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors important to Systems Engineering effectiveness in the application domain (e.g. space, transportation, medical) for which the competency model is applied. The associated Systems Engineering Competency Assessment Guide provides guidance and structure for assessing the level of competence of individuals or organizations.

This presentation will cover the Framework and Assessment Guide makeup and usage, along with examples of usage for individuals and organizations, which assists the identification and improvement of required knowledge, skills and behaviors appropriate to an area or role.

The North Star Mission

Share, promote and advance the best of systems engineering from across the state of Minnesota while working with a world view for the benefit of humanity and the planet.

The North Star Vision

To be the preeminent authority on Systems Engineering in our region through educating our practitioners and encouraging Best Practices through our relationship with INCOSE.

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Chapter Officers

Brendan Hall

President 2025

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Katherine Garvey

Past President 2024

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Roz Dolid

Secretary/Past-President

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Mike Keyes

Treasurer

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Taconna Mhoon

Director of Communications

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Ron Hannig

Director of Industry

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Soniya Mantri

Membership Director 

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Udhaya Kumar Dayalan

Director of Academia and Government
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Steve Untz

Past President 2023

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Sean McCoy

Past President

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Paul Frenz

Past President, ESEP

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John Palmer

Past Treasurer

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Kousha Davoudi

Webmaster 

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Eileen Arnold

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