Category: Spotlights

Growing up, Kaitlyn Barros was always interested in how things worked and how tools have helped humanity advance their capabilities. At the University of Rhode Island she fell in

Cesar Mapeli is used to big transitions. He grew up in Brazil and came to the United States on a basketball scholarship without speaking a word of English. After earning

In 2022, Luc Vernerey set a personal goal of furthering his education. He wanted to learn higher level systems thinking to support the growth and transformation of AutoStore, the

Human behavior has always interested Bonnie Novak. She minored in psychology while majoring in aerospace science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, studying system design

Rebecca Halverson was at a turning point in her career at John Deere. She had moved through a few departments before taking a managerial role in sensors and hardware. While

When John Hushaw started the graduate certificate at SDM, he was developing underwater robotics at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL). Now that

Mohammed Alsehali has come a long way to study at SDM. Originally from Saudi Arabia, he completed his undergraduate degree at San Diego State University. Since graduating

Zachary Barnes went straight from his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering to NASA. He works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Los Angeles, California, and plans to

Morgan Orlovskiy joins SDM as she transitions out of serving in the U.S. Navy, where she was a nuclear engineer. She’s looking forward to exploring Course 16 and

Rachel Burton learned about MIT System Design and Management at Shell Techworks, where she’s had the chance to work alongside some of our program’s alumni. She’s