The Human Element: MOSA in the Context of People Systems

Dr Kelly Alexander is the Chief Systems Engineer at System Innovation and serves as contractor support to the Systems Engineering Director at the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering where she is spearheading the Systems Engineering Modernization effort. Dr Alexander has over 35 years of experience in systems engineering and project management.  As a US Department of Defense civilian, she served as the Director of Systems Engineering Policy and Program Support and the Director for Common Operating Environment at HQ Us Army where she spearheaded the transition of modular software into the US Army’s tactical software. She also led the Army acquisition programs in transition to the digital transformation and modular open systems using modular open standards and open architectures.  For this work, Dr Alexander was awarded the Superior Civilian Service award three times and the Commander’s award for civilian service twice. Early in her career, she served as one of the first African American Army engineering interns.  Dr Alexander received her PhD in Systems Engineering from George Washington University.  She received a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from NC State University and received master’s degrees from George Washington University (Systems Engineering) and National Defense University (National Resource Strategy). Dr Alexander also served as a White House Leadership Fellow, where she served as the Senior Technical Advisor for the Federal Permitting Council.  She also serves as a member of the Systems/Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (SEOR) Advisory board for George mason University.