Art Pyster

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Dr. Pyster has more than thirty years of experience as a successful senior executive, researcher, engineer, educator, and program and project manager in government, industry, and academia. He has created, delivered, and operated numerous leading edge systems and technologies in telecommunications, aerospace, defense, air traffic control, and information technology domains. Currently a Distinguished Research Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology and the Stevens Director of the Applied Systems Thinking Institute, he lectures and conducts research on systems engineering, software engineering, and process improvement. Dr. Pyster is also the principal of Pyster Associates LLC, through which he consults with government and corporate clients on systems engineering, software engineering, program management, and development governance. In January 2008, he will become the Chairman of Corporate Advisory Board of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) and a member of the INCOSE Board of Directors.

Most recently, he was the Senior Vice President and Director of Systems Engineering and Integration for SAIC. Previously, Dr. Pyster was the Deputy Chief Information Officer and the Chief Scientist for Software Engineering at the Federal Aviation Administration, Chief Technical Officer at the Software Productivity Consortium, a Director at Digital Sound Corporation, Manager of Systems Engineering at TRW, and an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Among his accomplishments are establishing and operating the Federal Aviation Administration’s information security program; directing the creation and application of three Capability Maturity Models – the FAA integrated CMM, Integrated Product Development CMM, and the Systems Engineering CMM; architecting TRW’s first integrated digital environment; prototyping the first version of the spiral process for software development; and directing the creation and application of advanced methods to design real-time systems, reuse software, and specify real-time requirements.  Dr. Pyster has a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Sciences from Ohio State University, is a distinguished Alumnus of the Engineering College of Ohio State University, and has authored two editions of the book Compiler Design and Construction.

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