For over 30 years, David has helped organizations around the world increase their systems engineering proficiency while simultaneously working to advance the state of the art. David is an internationally recognized leader within INCOSE and the greater systems engineering community. He works with government and commercial organizations as they assess, adopt, and deploy methods and tools to enhance their engineering enterprise.

Throughout his career, David has played a key technical and leadership role in advancing and expanding the practice of systems engineering. David founded and led Vitech where he developed innovative, industry-leading methods and software to engineer next-generation systems. Today, as President of Blue Holon, David continues to guide organizations as they advance their systems engineering capabilities and navigate their digital transformation.

David is a frequent presenter at industry events worldwide delivering keynotes and workshops spanning the foundations of systems engineering, practical model-based systems engineering, digital engineering, and the future of engineering systems. His experiences led him to co-author A Primer for Model-Based Systems Engineering to spread the fundamental concepts of this key approach to modern challenges.

An INCOSE Fellow and Expert Systems Engineering Professional, David was the 2014/2015 President of INCOSE. David currently serves as INCOSE’s Director for Strategic Integration and as a coach in INCOSE's Technical Leadership Institute. David holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics as well as a master’s degree in Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech.