John VANTUNO holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Penn State and an Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification through INCOSE. He is a self-described “Design Integrator” who has been involved in all product lifecycle phases, cradle to grave. John spent his first 10 years in the aerospace industry as a Systems Engineer at Lockheed-Martin working on various DoD and NASA projects. While at Lockheed-Martin, John graduated from the 2-year Systems Engineering Training program the company offered. Sixteen years ago he transitioned to the medical device industry, working as a Systems Engineer on tumor ablation and electrosurgical generators at Covidien/Medtronic and connected drug delivery devices at Eli Lilly.
John currently holds 6 patents. He was involved in Medtronic’s annual Systems Engineering Symposiums from their inception in 2016 until 2019 when he was the chairman. John architected a database to manage requirements, test, changes, issues, risk, and international standards, which was described by the tool vendor as being “best in class”. At Eli Lilly, John has been championing process improvements to accommodate the company’s recent foray into system of systems product development.
Jason SHEREY, ASEP. Jason has spent the last 24 years practicing, teaching, and researching systems engineering methods, especially regarding Model-Based Systems Engineering of system platforms and product lines. Systems of interest have included facilities, trucks, tractors, engines, guidance systems, medical equipment, consumer products, maintenance systems, and manufacturing systems. Jason holds a MS in Systems Engineering and a MS in Engineering Management from Southern Methodist University, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Currently, Jason is a Senior Advisor at Eli Lilly and Company performing Portfolio Architect and System of Systems Engineering roles.
Casey is an experienced instructor and dynamic speaker. He is President of Studio SE, a company dedicated to providing exemplary training and coaching in Systems Engineering, MBSE, and general product development disciplines. Casey and his staff work across industries to ensure companies have the skills they need to be successful in our contemporary, digital engineering environment.
His training programs are pragmatic and successfully transform individuals into effective practitioners. Casey and his staff have trained countless individuals to best practices in requirements engineering, MBSE methods, system architecture, risk management, human factors and usability, and verification and validation.
Casey holds numerous patents in medical device development and has several patents pending approval. He is a frequently invited speaker and lecturer by professional societies and universities.
Sasha is an experienced development engineer with skills in all phases of product development life cycle. A successful leader with proven track record of delivering on-time innovative and effective solutions to a variety of complex problems.
One challenge in leading technical teams is being able to communicate effectively with different stakeholders as they each have a unique viewpoint of the system under development. To address this challenge Sasha has drawn upon MBSE techniques and in particular sysML to create models that effectively communicate to the various stakeholders the systems requirements, behavior, and performance aspects that need to be addressed by the technical team.