About Mark Powell

Mark Powell has practiced Systems Engineering for over 40 years in a wide range of technical environments including DoD, NASA, DOE, and commercial. His roles in these environments have been as project manager, engineering manager, chief systems engineer, and research scientist. His academic affiliations have included the University of Idaho, Stevens Institute of Technology, and the University of Houston, Clear Lake. Mr. Powell maintains an active engineering and management consulting practice throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. His current research interest is in applying new methods in biostatistics to solve complex problems in engineering, such as for reliability, availability, maintenance and logistic, and low probability high consequence risks. Beyond consulting, he is sought frequently as a symposium and conference speaker and for training, workshops, and tutorials on various topics in Systems Engineering, Project Management, and Risk Management. Mr. Powell is an active member of AIAA, Sigma Xi, the International Society for Bayesian Analysis, and the International Council on Systems Engineering, where he has served as chair of the Risk Management Working Group, and as Assistant Director for Systems Engineering Processes. View all posts by Mark Powell →