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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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

Requirements Working Group Exchange Cafe

Topic: Requirements Working Group Exchange Cafe
Speaker: Beth Wilson, ESEP
Date:24 August 2022
Time:  3:00 PM CST
Location: Virtual

Meeting Zoom Link: https://incose-org.zoom.us/j/95587205849?pwd=R0llRTd1bUc1b0JMeFF3aEFNTVM1UT09

Abstract: During this meeting Beth Wilson will kick off a project to develop a SoS Guide that tailors the RWG products including the Needs and Requirements Manual, Guide to Needs and Requirements, and Guide to Verification and Validation to address the unique challenges for an SoS. Last month’s RWG Exchange Café began with a summary of the SoS challenges when it comes to defining needs and requirements and verifying the SoS meets the requirements and validating that the SoS meets the needs. After the presentation, the session was opened up for a general discussion concerning SoS. What is common to systems and SoS? What is unique for SoS?
A recording of this presentation is available on the INCOSE RWG YouTube Channel using this link: https://youtu.be/_CfOKVDyjWQ 

In the presentation there was a mention of a SOS Primer. Here is a link to the primer which is available in the INCOSE Store: https://connect.incose.org/Pages/Product-Details.aspx?ProductCode=SoSPrimer 

Biography:
Dr. Beth Wilson earned her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island. Beth is retired from Raytheon where she worked for 33 years as a design engineer, program manager, research scientist, functional manager, and test director on sonar, satellite, and radar programs. Beth was a Raytheon Certified Architect and a Raytheon Certified Six Sigma Expert. Dr. Wilson is currently an Adjunct Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in their Master of Science in Systems Engineering program. Beth is an INCOSE Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP), INCOSE Certification Advisory Group (CAG) chair, co-chair for the INCOSE Systems Security Engineering working group, and a member of the Systems of Systems (SoS) Working Group and the Requirements Working Group (RWG). Reminder: This meeting will be recorded.

Past meeting recordings can be found at the INCOSE RWG YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCadgYaqKWDckenP2SU8-cPw

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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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