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Sanford Friedenthal
OMG SE DSIG Chair
MBSE Consultant

Sanford Friedenthal is an industry leader in model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and independent consultant. Previously, as a Lockheed Martin Fellow, he led the corporate engineering effort to enable Model- Based Systems Development (MBSD) and other advanced practices across the company. In this capacity, he was responsible for developing and implementing strategies to institutionalize the practice of MBSD across the LM Business Units. Mr. Friedenthal's experience includes the application of systems engineering throughout the system life cycle from conceptual design, through development and production on a broad range of systems including missile systems, electro-optical navigation and targeting systems, and information systems. He has been a systems engineering department manager responsible for ensuring systems engineering processes are implemented on the programs, and enhancing overall systems engineering capability.

Mr. Friedenthal is co-chair of the INCOSE MBSE Initiative and an INCOSE Fellow. He also is a leader of the Industry Standards effort through the Object Management Group (OMG) and INCOSE to develop the Systems Modeling Language (OMG SysML™) that was adopted by the OMG in 2006. He is co-author of A Practical Guide to SysML.