Midwest Gateway Chapter

Welcome to the Midwest Gateway Chapter

Welcome to the Midwest Gateway Chapter of INCOSE. We are based in the St Louis region, from Rolla to the Metro East. The Midwest Gateway Chapter of INCOSE was founded in St. Louis in 1992. Over the years we've hosted the INCOSE Symposium and the Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), and been the home chapter of national and regional INCOSE leaders.

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2024 Board of Directors

President: Mike Franco, Boeing
President-Elect (Vice President): Mike McCarthy, Paragon Technology Group
Secretary (2023/2024): Kirk Kittell, Bayer
Treasurer (2024/2025): Lou Pape, Boeing
Director (2024/2025): Dr. Mary Malast, Leonardo DRS
Director (2024/2023): Caleb Klapp, Boeing
Director (2023/2024): Bob Scheurer, Boeing
Director (2023/2024): Dr. Cihan Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Past President: John Thompson, Boeing

Contact the MGC Board of Directors at midwest-gateway@incose.net.

Upcoming Chapter Events

Speaker Event

When: Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024

Where: Ferguson Brewing Company, 418 S. Florissant Rd, Ferguson, MO 63135

Who: Rich Massey, Boeing Senior Technical Fellow - Biography

What: The value of system security engineering (SSE) including emerging standardization as well as an introduction to the INCOSE SSE working group

RSVP: Mike McCarthy - mike.franco@boeing.com

Atlanta September 2020 Meeting - "Synopsis of INCOSE International Symposium (IS) 2020"

Sep 24, 2020 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time

Dave Takacs
678-906-6656

david.takacs@lmco.com

Virtual Meeting - https://incose.pgimeet.com/INCOSE_GMSix

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September is here, and it's time for the first Atlanta chapter meeting since before the summer!

Please join the Atlanta chapter on Thursday September 24 for a virtual meeting. Chapter President Dave Takacs will present an overview of this years INCOSE International Symposium. INCOSE members and Systems Engineering enthusiasts from outside of the Atlanta area are encouraged to join!

See the meeting flyer fore more details!
Atlanta September 2020 Meeting Information

Abstract
The program will be a synopsis of the IS and will include short reviews of over 20 paper presentations. If you missed the IS, this is a good program to catch up!

Speaker Bio
Dave is the President of the Atlanta Chapter and is a Systems Engineer with Lockheed Martin in Marietta, GA. He received a BS IMGT from Georgia Tech, an MBA from Lindenwood College and a Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering from Kennesaw State University. Dave is a Systems Engineer in the Air Mobility and Maritime Missions Line of Business (C130, C5, P3) at Lockheed Martin. Prior to this position, he worked several other programs at LM (F-22, ADP). And prior to LM, he was a Systems Engineer for McDonnell Douglas in St Louis, MO (F/A-18, ATF, YF-23, A-12). Dave is an INCOSE ESEP and is an INCOSE Certification Application Reviewer (CAR).

Agenda
5:15 - 5:30 Chapter President remarks
5:30 - 6:30 Program
Times in EDT

Venue
Virtual – see Global Meet details below

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Chapter News

New Chapter Members - 2023

Austin Renwick, The Boeing Company, Feb 27
Rachel Harlan, Student - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Mar 13
Caleb Klapp, Leonardo DRS, Apr 19
Kyle Thayer, The Boeing Company, Apr 19
Jessica Stevons, Medtronic, Apr 24|
Philip Hoff, United States Air Force, May 9
Peter Cichacz, Leonardo DRS, Jun 1
Deborah Keller, Nothrop Grumman Corporation, Jun 2
Sarah Ehlen, The Boeing Company, Jun 12
Brett Chase, Student - Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Jun 27
David Ware, Olin, Jun 27
Andrew Nixon, The Boeing Company, July 4
Thomas Fehr, Student, Aug 7
Kaleb Rockwell, Student - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Aug 7
John Combs II, AWS, Aug 8
Matthew Freeman, Student - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Aug 10
Thomas McKinney, Student, Aug 13
Maggie Hummel, Aug 21
Waylon Lindseth, John Deere, Sep 11
Ruchi Bhatia, Caterpillar, Inc., Sep 25
Aaron Kenkel, John Deere, Sep 25
Aaron Wasson, Charter Communications, Oct 12
Yvette Smith, The Boeing Company, Oct 17
Daniel Huck, SGRE, Oct 21
Aaron Simpson, Oct 31
Eleni Schock,Northrop Grumman, Nov 13

The Midwest Gateway Chapter of INCOSE was founded in St. Louis in 1992. Over the years we've hosted the INCOSE Symposium and the Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), and been the home chapter of national and regional INCOSE leaders. Many of our members are engaged in defense, biotech, connected devices, and academia. Most members are located in St. Louis and the surrounding area (from Missouri S&T in Rolla to Scott Air Force Base in the Metro East), but all are welcome to affiliate with us.

For more information about joining INCOSE, please visit the incose.org website: Join INCOSE. If you're not sure about joining yet, come out and visit us at one of our events.

Connect

If you have any questions for us, get in touch: midwest-gateway@incose.net. You can also get in touch with our Board of Directors.

To keep up with us, connect via:

LinkedIn: INCOSE-MGC group
Twitter: @incosemgc
Facebook: @incosemgc
Email list: Friends of INCOSE-MGC (for non-members—chapter members will be on our internal email list)

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