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.

Bronze Chapter Award 2004
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Bronze Chapter Award 2004
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Bronze Chapter Award 2004
2020
Bronze Chapter Award 2004
2021
Bronze Chapter Award 2004
2022
Bronze Chapter Award 2004
2023
Silver Chapter Award 2006
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Silver Chapter Award 2007
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Silver Chapter Award 2008
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Silver Chapter Award 2009
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Silver Chapter Award 2010
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Silver Chapter Award 2011
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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

10th Annual Verification & Validation Summit, Atlantic City, NJ

Atlantic City , USA
1133 Boardwalk
John Frederick
609-485-5259
[email protected]


You are cordially invited to the 10th Annual Verification & Validation Summit September 23-24, 2015 sponsored by the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, NJ. Registration is free.

About the Summit
The V&V Summit will include speakers and discussions addressing innovative methods and strategies that embrace V&V philosophies and principles critical to moving the next generation air transportation system (NextGen) initiatives forward. Key objectives of the summit are:

● Foster a V&V best practices and corporate V&V philosophy
● Explore new and practical ways to apply V&V that better support acquisitions and decision making
● Promote V&V disciplines and culture
● Highlight “real world” ways to incorporate V&V into organizational operations

Who Should Attend
● Managers and executives involved with or dependent on V&V
● T&E engineers/specialists, system engineers, and research and development practitioners
● Acquisition stakeholder involved with or relying on quality V&V

Location
Resorts Casino Hotel
1133 Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
www.resortsac.com

Point of Contact
John Frederick
609-485-5259
[email protected]

Summit Registration
Request must be sent by email to Viola Gray ([email protected]), phone number: 609-485-7126. Include your Name, Email, Government Agency or Contractor Name, and Organization Identifier. Federal employees and Contractors with an FAA.Gov email address will get 14 hours FAA eLearning Management System (eLMS) credit (Item ID FAA30020006) if registered for both days of the Summit.

Please register by August 28, 2015.

Hotel Reservations
Reservations must be made by September 11, 2015 by 5:00pm EST to receive the Summit Rate for rooms blocked. Call 1-888-797-7700. Reservation requests should be made for the “FAA V&V Summit”. V&V Summit Group Code: VFAA15.

Thank You
Walt Sobkiw

INCOSE Delaware Valley Chapter

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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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