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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Silver Chapter Award 2006
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Silver Chapter Award 2010
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2025 Board of Directors

President: Mike McCarthy, Paragon Technology Group
President-Elect (Vice President): George Sconyers III, Boeing
Secretary (2025/2026): Emily Orwaru, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Treasurer (2024/2025): Lou Pape
Director (2024/2025): Dr. Mary Malast, Leonardo DRS
Director (2024/2025): Chris Smith, Boeing
Director (2025/2026): John Thompson
Director (2025/2026): Geo Sconyers
Past President: Mike Franco

Contact the MGC Board of Directors at [email protected].


Upcoming Chapter Events

Speaker Event

When:  Thursday, Mar 13, 2025

Where:  Sports Cafe, 3579 Pennridge Dr, Bridgeton, MO, 63044

Who:  TBD

Wasatch Chapter Meeting -- “Career Progression and Possibilities for Systems Engineers”

Paul White
385-393-2137
[email protected]

Join us in May for an interactive discussion on career progression and possibilities for Systems Engineers. Please come and participate in this discussion.

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Join us in May for an interactive discussion on career progression and possibilities for Systems Engineers. Please come and participate in this discussion.

ATTENTION: We are concerned about the spread of coronavirus and want to ensure that chapter members and friends are safe and healthy. Beginning 3/23/2020 and until further notice, all chapter meetings will be held virtually ONLY due to coronavirus precautions.


Date: Thursday, May 13, 2021

Times: 6:00-8:00 p.m. (Mountain Time)
  • 6:00 - 6:30 p.m. -- Dinner & Networking -- CANCELED
  • 6:30 - 6:45 p.m. -- Chapter Announcements
  • 6:45 - 8:00 p.m. -- Featured Speaker: "Career Progression and Possibilities for Systems Engineers" by Ernie Kyed
RSVP:

https://incose_wasatch_may_2021.eventbrite.com

Virtual attendance information will be provided only to those who RSVP.

Abstract:

Join us on May 13 for an interactive discussion on career progression and possibilities for Systems Engineers.  This meeting will be a discussion forum hosted by Ernie Kyed to enable everyone to learn and discuss career choices and challenges.  All participants will be welcome to join in the discussion and all members with all experience levels are encouraged to attend so more senior SE professionals can provide wisdom and advice to junior SE professionals and junior SE professionals can school senior SE professionals on what’s new and upcoming in the career field we are all pursuing and passionate about. 

Professional Biography:

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Currently a Director of Electrical, TVC and Ordnance Engineering at Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems, where Ernie has held progressively increasing roles of responsibility since 1987, when he first hired on.  Ernie earned a Masters Degree in Systems Engineering, a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in IT Project Management, all from Colorado State University.  Ernie has held numerous positions of Systems Engineering responsibilities including Requirements and Verification Engineer and Manager, System Test Engineer, Integration Engineer as well as other positions similar to SE discipline areas in Project Engineering and Program Management.  Ernie is also very involved in Configuration Management, Digital Transformation and Command Media.

Questions:
Please contact Paul White, Chapter President, at 385-393-2137 or [email protected].

Chapter Newsletters


Chapter News

New Chapter Members - 2025

Irwandi Kardjana, Boeing, Jan 5
Robert Reinke, Intelligent Information Technologies, Jan 15

New Chapter Members - 2024

Matthew Trainor, Leonardo DRS, Jan 9
Bradley Jones, Jan 11
Ethan Bandick, Leonardo DRS, Feb 27
Alexander Hawkes, Mar 21
Aditya Akundi, UWM, May 3
Madelynn Frappier, Leonardo DRS, May 21
Hector Castelblanco, May 29
Kaylee Catlett, Jun 2
William Conrady, Boeing, Jun 2
Prithbey Dey, Jun 3
Ezechiel Ouedraogo, Jun 17
Braxton Schmedeke, Jun 19
Haley Spillars, Jun 19
George Sconyers, Boeing, Jul 3
Serge Krawczyk, Boeing, Jul 11
Seth Copeland, V2X, Jul 17
Thomas Vanhooser, Jul 24
Wade Wilson, Boeing, Jul 29
Tyson Prosser, Boeing, Aug 9
Amanda Baker, Cummins, Aug 13
Jared Blatsioris, Purdue University, Aug 20
Tracey Feldhake, Sep 4
Xorge Hernandez, Sep 5
Miguel Delgado, Peraton, Sep 9
Michael Malast, Boeing, Sep 10
Kyle Edwards, UL, Sep 12
Andrea Foutch, Sep 13
Reginald Robinson, Boeing, Oct 4
Wesley Freeman, Leidos, Oct 24
Geo Sconyers, Nov 7
Matthew Hollander, DRS Land Systems, Dec 5
Paul Mizwicki, Aclara, Dec 5
Jacob Kramer, Leonard DRS, Dec 11
Daniel Chikwendu, Wichita State University, Dec 21

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.

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