Steven Dam

Dr. Dam is the President and Founder of Systems and Proposal Engineering Company (SPEC Innovations). He has been involved with structure analysis, software development, and systems engineering for over 30 years. He participated in the development of C4ISR Architecture Framework and DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF), the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO) Vision Architecture, the Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA), and Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) architecture. He currently is applying system engineering techniques to various DoD projects. Dr. Dam has a BS degree in Physics from George Mason University and a PhD. in Physics from the University of South Carolina. He has also been a long term member of INCOSE and was formerly the President of the San Diego Chapter before relocating to the Washington Metropolitan Area. Dr. Dam has presented numerous papers and seminars to the WMA Chapter. He is currently President-Elect of the WMA Chapter of INCOSE.

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PLM + MBSE: Better Together Webinar

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Plan Verification & Validation Early in the Lifecycle

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7 Ways Innoslate Improves Systems Engineering

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Drawing ≠ Models: What Is Real MBSE (Model-Based Systems Engineering)

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How to Write Good Requirements: 10 Tips and Examples

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MBSE: Alive & Well

This blog is in response to a Reddit post by Rhedogian, “Change My View: Model-Based Systems Engineering in 2024 is at best overhyped, or is at worst...

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Verify & Validate the System Lifecycle Webinar

Don't feel up to reading? Watch the recording! What is Verification & Validation (V&V)? The common definitions for V&V are: verification is “the...

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Abstract: The Foundation for Digital Engineering

Abstract: "The Foundation for Digital Engineering: Creating a Conceptual Data Model (CDM) and Data Storage Plan (DSP)" discusses the crucial...

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Meeting the Challenges for Digital Engineering

Introduction Recently, a senior US Air Force leader gave a presentation with the slide in Figure 1 showing the challenge areas for continued...

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