A New INCOSE-LA Fellow! PDF Print E-mail
Written by INCOSE-LA   
By Rosalind Lewis

Marilee Wheaton was selected as an INCOSE Fellow, “for contributions to systems engineering for space systems in the areas of engineering economics, resource estimating, and engineering education.” Ms. Wheaton is the General Manager of the Systems Engineering Division at the Aerospace Corporation, where she leads efforts to support customers in space systems architecture and design, acquisition and planning, mission assurance, and system analysis and simulation. Ms. Wheaton joined The Aerospace Corporation in 1980 and has held numerous positions, including Associate Director for Directorate H Ground and Communications, Systems Director for AFSCN Engineering and Integration, Principal Engineer in Directorate G, Principal Director of the Business and Operations Analysis Subdivision, and General Manager of the Computer Systems Division. Prior to rejoining Aerospace in 2002, Ms. Wheaton was a director at TRW Systems (now Northrop Grumman Information Systems), providing leadership for cost estimation, metrics, and quantitative management goals. She is a trained CMMI appraiser and also led process improvements as a Six Sigma Black Belt. Ms. Wheaton has a B.A. degree in mathematics, magna cum laude, from California Lutheran University, and an M.S. degree in systems engineering from the University of Southern California. In addition, she is a graduate of the UCLA Executive Program in Management. Ms. Wheaton serves as an instructor for The Aerospace Institute and is an adjunct associate professor at USC. She is a Fellow of the AIAA and Chair of the AIAA Technical Committee on Economics. Ms. Wheaton is a Fellow and a life member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and a past president of SWE’s Los Angeles Section. She is a member and past board of directors chair of the International Society of Parametric Analysts (ISPA) and was recognized as ISPA’s parametrician of the year in 1991.