Michael Vinarcik, P.E., FESD

Michael J. Vinarcik is a Chief Systems Engineer at SAIC and an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy. He has thirty years of automotive and defense engineering experience. He received a BS (Metallurgical Engineering) from the Ohio State University, an MBA from the University of Michigan, and an MS (Product Development) from the University of Detroit Mercy. Michael is a regular speaker at numerous events, including National Defense Industrial Association, International Council on Systems Engineering, and American Society for Engineering Education regional and international conferences. He has contributed chapters to several books, including the model-based systems engineering in the 3rd edition of Kossiakoff and Sweet’s Systems Engineering:  Principles and Practice. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (Michigan) and holds INCOSE ESEP-Acq, OCSMP: Model Builder – Advanced, Booz Allen Hamilton Systems Engineering Expert Belt, ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, and ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer certifications. He is a Fellow of the Engineering Society of Detroit, the President and Founder of Sigma Theta Mu, the systems honor society, and the current Treasurer of INCOSE.