We learn through experience. This was the main concept that stuck with me after completing the INCOSE Institute for Technical Leadership. And as I look back at my first job and the environment in which I worked, I realize that it was those early experiences that developed me into the …

As a customer support specialist for a systems engineering company, you have to have a special mix of skills—technical aptitude, a strong people side, and, critically, persistence—an ability to persevere and stay with a problem until you reach a solution. Laszlo Kecskes appears to have all three in spades. His …

Why is it that we as engineers always seem to think we never have enough of us in product development? Or that we never have enough time? I believe it starts with insufficient use of a systems engineering approach. We don’t spend enough time in determining our unknowns in the …

At a small company in Illinois in the early 90s, Steve Cash was given a lot of leash. As a 20-something fresh out of college with a degree in electrical engineering, this was heady stuff. The company did prototype engineering with a focus on automotive fuel injection and ignition systems. …