Aleksandra Scalco received an M.ENG. degree in systems engineering from Iowa State University in 2012, an MBA (2009), and a BJ (1988). She is a Ph.D. candidate in systems engineering at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. She is an engineer with the DOD. From 2012 to 2016, she was an Information System Security Designer (ISSD) and Client Advocate with the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS). Since 2016, she has been an Engineer with the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic (NIWC Atlantic), United States Department of the Navy. She is a technical manager for intelligence-informed mitigations of control system vulnerabilities and leads the transition of new mitigation capabilities into fielded solutions. Her research interest includes the digital transformation of control systems, Software Defined Networking (SDN), and the development of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP) using software orchestration for control systems. Ms. Scalco is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). She is an International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) (Credential ID 30251735) and member of the seventh cohort of the INCOSE Institute for Technical Leadership. She is Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Expert Certified in IT Service Management (Credential ID GR761012539AS). In addition, she is certified at the highest Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Certification in Engineering Level 3.

Additionally, she is certified in Science & Technology (S&T) Management and Program Management at Level I. She is an Industry Advisory Board Member at Charleston Southern University, Department of Computer Science for the 2021 — 2024 Term. Her honors included the NSA/CSS Crescent Performance Award for Mission Excellence in 2013. Dr. Steve Simske, Professor of Systems and Mechanical Engineering, CSU, is her Ph.D. advisor, steve.simske@colostate.edu.

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• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member (Credential ID 92089214)

• International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP), March 2021 (Credential ID 30251735)

• ITIL Expert Certificate in IT Service Management (Credential ID GR761012539AS)

• ITIL Managing Across the Lifecycle (ITIL-MALC) (Credential ID GR760026080AS)

• ITIL Service Operation (Credential ID GR754065360AS)

• ITIL Service Transition (Credential ID GR753062602AS)

• ITIL Service Strategy (Credential ID GR751058461AS)

• ITIL IT Continual Service Improvement (CSI) (Credential ID GR755025714AS)

• ITIL IT Service Design (Credential ID GR752048416AS)

• ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management (Credential ID 3220) 

• DOD Acquisition Corps (Appointment Date 27 October 2016)

• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Certification in Engineering (ENG) Level 3, 2016

• DAWIA Certification in Science & Technology (S&T)

• Management at Level I, 2015

• DAWIA Certification in Program Management (PM) at Level I, 2015 

• DAWIA Certification in Information Technology (IT) 

• Department of Defense (DOD) Contracting Officer Representative (COR), 2013