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         Critical Skills of the Future Systems Engineer

                                                 John A. Thomas
                                Founder & Manager – john A Thomas & Associates LLC
                                               john.thomas@john-a-thomas.com

                                                   Copyright © held by the author.

                         ABSTRACT                                    the Founder of john A thomas & Associates LLC, a retired
    INCOSE’s document, Systems Engineering Vision w 2025,            Senior Vice President & Chief Systems Engineer of Booz
highlights the environmental and sociotechnical challenges we        Allen Hamilton, and Past President of the 10,000 member
systems engineers must deal with in the 21st century. Mr.            International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). He
Thomas will review those challenges with the audience.               is a leader, whether his role is as engineer, program manager,
                                                                     mentor, multi-disciplinary team member, or business man. He
    Share his perspective on systems trends of the future. And       has delivered both IT and Hardware intensive systems and is a
lastly, outline professional development strategies that             recognized developer of people. As a senior consultant, John
educators can adopt, and system engineers and follow, to             provides systems engineering and integration services to clients
ensure our SE profession delivers maximum value to the               across Defense, Security, and Transportation communities.
organizations it serves..                                            Additionally, he is an executive coach and mentor to technical
                                                                     and management professionals and a sought-after spokesperson
                    AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY                                 to both professional, lay groups, and media for systems
                                                                     engineering. He raises community awareness of the positive
    John A. Thomas holds a M.S. degree from the Air Force            leadership impact of the systems engineer and the relevance of
Institute of Technology and a B.S. from Michigan State               the discipline in addressing stakeholder’s complex and
University. Both degrees are in Electrical Engineering. He is        challenging problems.

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