Chapter Background

INCOSE is an international not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1990. The INCOSE mission is to foster the definition, understanding, and practice of World Class Systems Engineering in industry, academia and government. The INCOSE goal is to encourage governmental and industry support for research and educational programs that will improve the systems engineering process and its practice.

The INCOSE San Francisco Bay Area - Northern California Chapter supports Governments,  Industry, Academia, its INCOSE members in Northern California, including but not limited to the metropolitan areas of San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Jose, San Francisco, and Sacramento, in furthering professionalism and excellence in systems engineering

2022 Chapter Strategic Plan

Chapter Membership:

Distribution Includes:

Bay Area Rapid Transit District

California High-Speed Rail

US Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey

Travis AFB in Sacramento

Metropolitan Area Silicon Valley

Lockheed Martin

NASA

Northrop Grumman

General Dynamics

Chapter Leadership

  • Dick Smith

    PRESIDENT

    dsmith@sfincose.org

  • Kendall Dobson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    kdobson@sfincose.org

  • Paul Padegimas

    TREASURER

    ppadegimas@sfincose.org

  • Josie Brueckner

    SECRETARY

    jbrueckner@incose.org