has over 20 years experience in systems engineering, software engineering, and project management in both commercial and defense industries. His research interests include Systems Engineering Patterns and modeling complex systems with UML/SysML, Reference Architectures, and agent based technology applied to systems engineering. Rob received his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, and also holds an M.B.A. from Eastern College, and a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy. He is an Adjunct Professor for Eastern University and chairs the Rowan University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Industry Advisory Board. Rob belongs to the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), is a member of the Technical Leadership Team. He is also an active member of the Association of Enterprise Architects, and is a member of IEEE. Finally, he and his wife raise puppies for The Seeing Eye to serve as guide dogs to the blind.