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![Headshot of Francisco Sepulveda](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Francisco-Sepulveda-trimmed-600x350.jpg)
Francisco Sepulveda started at SDM in the fall of 2021, as the program returned to full on-campus instruction. We spoke to him about his time at SDM and what he’ll
![Headshot of David Park](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/david-park-headshot-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
by Stefanie Koperniak When David Park arrived at SDM, he saw the program as a means to propel his career at the time. Now having worked in technical product management
![Headshot of Meredith Biechele](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/meredith-biechele-headshot-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
Meredith Biechele, SDM Certificate ’22, has won the 2023 Rising Technical Contributor award from the Society of Women Engineers. Meredith is an Advanced R&D Engineer at
![Headshot of Jordan Wachs](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jordan-Wachs-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
Governments and companies, both large and small, are launching increasing numbers of satellites into space and promising vast amounts of information and data on various subjects.
![Portrait of Andrea Ippolito](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AndreaIppolito-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
Andrea Ippolito SDM ’11 was featured in Slice of MIT, a publication of the MIT Alumni Association, with her new startup SimpliFed. SimpliFed is a telehealth platform that
![Three adults sit in leather armchairs facing an audience. They are all smiling.](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/25th-panel-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
by Kathryn O’Neill MIT System Design and Management (SDM) celebrated its 25th anniversary on Saturday, April 2, with a daylong conference in Wong Auditorium at MIT. The
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Join us online on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 for a free systems thinking webinar with Emad Zand, Gayle Sheppard, and Zach Holmes of Microsoft Azure. The talk will stream live
![Headshot of Jack Yao](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-04-at-11.03.15-AM-e1636038308891-600x350.png)
by Kathryn O’Neill When Covid-19 lockdowns forced legions of employees to work from home in 2020, Jack Yao SDM ’15 saw a huge leap in demand at his startup, Mobile
![Portrait of Jean Ellefson](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jean-Ellefson-headshot-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
Join us online on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 for a free systems thinking webinar with Jean Ellefson, assistant professor of analytics and holder of the Jon and Mary Tabor Chair
![Portrait of Ben Linville-Engler](https://sdm.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Ben-L-E-PF-trimmed-600x350.jpeg)
Ben Linville-Engler, MIT SDM Industry and Certificate Director, is the 2021 recipient of the Collier Medal. The Collier Medal was established in 2014 to honor MIT Police Officer