**About the Editors**

**Cliff Whitcomb** Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of Systems Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Dr. Whitcomb's research interests include systems and design thinking, model-based systems engineering, naval construction and engineering, and leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills development for engineers. He has more than 35 years' experience in defense systems engineering and related fields. He has been a principal investigator at the US Navy Office of Naval Research, Office of the Joint Staff, Office of the Secretary of the Navy, and the Veteran's Health Administration. He is a Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) and a Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), has served on the INCOSE Board of Directors, and was a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt for Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. Dr. Whitcomb was previously the Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Endowed Chair in Shipbuilding and Engineering in the department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of New Orleans, Senior Lecturer in the MIT System Design and Management (SDM) program, as well as an Associate Professor in the MIT Ocean Engineering Department. Dr. Whitcomb is also a retired naval officer, having served 23 years as a submarine warfare officer and Engineering Duty Officer. He earned his B.S. in Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, in 1984, Engineer's degree in Naval Engineering and S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1992, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, in 1998.

**Heidi Davidz** is a Principal Engineer in Systems Engineering at Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR), where she leads Digital Engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering. Her previous roles include SE Discipline Lead; Chief Process SE; Stennis Space Center Achieving Competitive Excellence Manager; RS-68 Test Conductor; and Systems Development, Verification, and Test Engineer. While at Aerospace Corporation, she provided support for NASA Headquarters and National Security Space projects. She completed her Ph.D. in the Engineering Systems Division at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While at GE Aircraft Engines in the Edison Engineering Development Program, she earned an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering through the GE Advanced Courses in Engineering and the University of Cincinnati. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University. Dr. Davidz was a Part Lead Author and Associate Editor for the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE).

**Stefan Groesser** has been working at Bern University of Applied Sciences since 2011 and at the Department of Engineering and Information Technology since 2016. He is Dean of the Industrial Engineering division as well as the "Strategy, Technology and Innovation Management" research group. Previously, he was Professor of Strategic Management at the Business School and headed the Strategy and Simulation Labs (S-Lab). From 2015 to 2017, he was deputy head of the Institute for Corporate Development at Bern University of Applied Sciences. In addition, he was in charge of the key topic "Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation". He has served as Deputy Head of the Bern University of Applied Sciences Flagship for Energy Storage Research since his appointment in 2016.
