John Sliger
Systems Engineer | MBSE | Digital Engineer
- Role
- Innovation Cell Technical Director at AVIAN
- Location
- Memphis, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Sliger
Mr. John Sliger currently serves as AVIAN’s Principal Digital Engineer who specializes in Digital Acquisition, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), and Agile Systems Development. In over 16 years of supporting the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) aviation, Sliger spent the last four transforming acquisition and system lifecycle development in an acquisition program office that has fully embraced digital engineering and the agile mentality. His successes allow him to actively collaborate and advise various USN, USMC, United States Air Force, United States Army, and NASA groups such as Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Army Futures Command, Army PEO Aviation, Air Force Air Armament, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory on principles, processes, and solutions for these digital practices. Additionally, Sliger is the creator and director of AVIAN’s Digital Engineering Center of Excellence, whose mission is to establish sound digital engineering practices and continuously push the bounds of current digital capabilities. He believes that a digital mindset is one of the keys to enable faster deployment of desired capabilities to the end user. Sliger received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee and a MS in Systems Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University. He is a Certified Systems Engineering Professional through INCOSE and has various certifications in DoD Acquisition and SysML modeling.
Experience
Innovation Cell Technical Director
Jan 2025 — Present
Education
The Johns Hopkins University
MSE, Systems Engineering
2010 — 2013
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
BS, Electrical Engineering
2004 — 2008
Skills
- Configuration Management
- Radar
- Flight Test
- System Design
- Dod
- Ground Control Station
- Space Systems
- Navigation Systems
- Avionics
- Test Engineering
- Security Clearance
- Digital Interoperability
- Digital Video
- Systems Engineering
- Unmanned Vehicles
- Dodaf
- Cyber Security
- Payload Integration
- Requirements Management
- Fiber Optics
- Aerospace
- Uav
- Networking
- Information Assurance
- Telelogic Doors
- Radio Communication
- Engineering Management
- Defense
- System Architecture
- Earned Value Management
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