Lori Kao joined Saab as MBSE lead focusing on establishing MBSE best practices in Saab surveillance programs and supporting the implementation of a digital engineering ecosystem at the enterprise level.  Before Saab, she supported the Air Force digital engineering campaign, creating reference architecture models to demonstrate MBSE methodology in capability development and technology maturation phase prior to milestone B.  Lori has also worked in a variety of contributing and leadership roles in systems engineering and software development at Boeing, Panasonic Avionics, and GE Aviation.