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Dr. Mark London earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from George Washington University. He has more than 25 years of experience in performance evaluation, systems testing and validation, and requirements verification for advanced engineering systems.

His expertise also includes the modeling of complex systems, including the application of graph theory techniques for system complexity analysis. Dr. London is a member of the International Council on Systems Engineering and the International Test and Evaluation Association, where he serves on the organization’s Publications Committee.

In addition to his professional work, Dr. London has served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Systems Engineering at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Worldwide since 2015. He teaches courses in systems engineering, quantitative methods, human factors, system reliability analysis, systems architecture and engineering management.

T. C. Defense - Arlington, VA: May 2018 - present

Chief Operations Officer

Primary Duties

• DOD Business Development and contract development technical support
• Subject Matter Expert for Naval Air Warfare Infrared Countermeasure and EO/IR systems  
• Researching advanced data analysis methods for Infrared Countermeasure system performance modeling

Secondary Duties

• Developed EOIR Systems Engineering documentation including SOW, SRS, TCRD, technical trade studies
• Developed novel Bayesian statistical methods for EOIR and IRCM test data analysis methods  
• Researched advanced EOIR blackbody modeling approaches and calibration data analysis methods

Department of the Navy - Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR): October 2014 – May 2018

EO/IR Test Branch Head

Primary Duties

• Supported the testing and evaluation of complex EO/IR/Laser naval aircraft mission systems
• Provided test plan technical assessments for Long-Wave Infrared, Mid-Wave Infrared, Short-Wave Infrared, and Visible Electro-Optical camera airborne systems
• Provided test execution safety assessments for flight tests of Class IV laser systems
• Provided personnel and technical support for the development of complex EO/IR systems
• Served as technical oversight for test planning, test execution, and reporting of EO/IR systems
• Maintained personnel staffing and program support requirements
• Executed and supported Senior Leadership business practices and organizational initiatives
• Engaged in DoD hiring process resulting in the successful hiring of six branch members
• Developed and supported initiatives for advanced test data analysis and reporting processes
• Developed in-house training curricula for EO/IR/Laser systems test and evaluation processes and best practices, Infrared radiometry fundamentals, and statistical data analysis methods
• Subject Matter Expert in EO/IR/Laser airborne mission systems test and evaluation

CERTIFICATIONS:

• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III Certification – Test and Evaluation (2009)

• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level II Certification - Systems Planning, Research Development & Engineering (SPRDE) – Systems Engineering (2014)

• International Test & Evaluation Association (ITEA), Certified Test & Evaluation Professional (CTEP) - (2013)

• US Navy Technical Laser Safety Officer (TLSO) - (2002-2010; 2012-2016)

• US Navy Laser Safety Specialist (LSS) - (2002-2010)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA) – 2012 to present

• ITEA Board of Examiners member -- (2012-present)
• ITEA Publications Committee – 2015 to present
• ITEA Journal Peer-Review coordinator – 2015 to present
• ITEA Journal Associate Editor – 2021 to present
• Vice-President of ITEA Southern Maryland Chapter (08/2015-05/2018)

• International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE) – 2012 to 2014; 10/2015-present

• DoN Acquisition Professional Community / Defense Acquisition Corps – 2013 to present

SYSE-500 Fundamentals of Systems Engineering

SYSE-515 Mathematical Applications in Systems Engineering

SYSE-530 Requirements Management and Analysis

SYSE-560 Engineering Management

SYSE-610 Systems Architecture Design and Modeling

SYSE-625 System Quality Assurance

SYSE-641 Systems Psychology

SYSE-647 Human Factors in Systems Engineering

SYSE-653 Cognitive Systems Engineering

SYSE-660 Organizational Behavior and Systems Management

SYSE-697 Systems Engineering Capstone Course

Peer-Reviewed Journals

• London, M. et al. (2015). Incidence Matrix Approach for Calculating Readiness Levels. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Online November 2014; Print copy in Spring 2015.

• London, M. (2013). A Brief History of Design of Experiments. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Journal for Scientists and Engineers, v3.

Other Publications

• London, M. (2025). Book Review: Verification, Validation, and Testing of Engineered Systems. by Avner Engel. ITEA Journal, December 2025.

• London, M. (2021). Book Review: Doing Bayesian Data Analysis,2^nd Ed. by John Krushke.  ITEA Journal, March 2021.

• London, M. (2020). Sample Size Estimation Methods for Continuous Data. International Test and Evaluation Association Journal, June 2020.

• London, M. (2019). Sample Size Estimation Methods for Binary Data. International Test and Evaluation Association Journal, September 2019.

• London, M. (2016). Book Review: Engineering Philosophy by Louis Bucciarelli. ITEA Journal, Dec. 2016.

• London, M. (2017). Musings of a Manager: Thoughts on Training the Future T&E Workforce. ITEA Journal, Sept 2017.

•  London, M. (2018). Book Review: Introduction to PCM Telemetering Systems, 3^rd Ed. by Stephen Moran. ITEA Journal, March 2018.

Conference Papers/Presentations

• Rahdar, R., Mark A. London, Yuetong Lin, and Jiang Hong. Enhancing System Resilience through Model-Based Systems Thinking in Digital Engineering Environments. IEEE Frontiers in Education: Paphos, Cyprus, 11-14 October 2026.

• Mark A. London, R. Rahdar, Jiang Hong, and Yuetong Lin, Systems Thinking Applied to Higher Education Curricula—A Case Study. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Washington DC, October 2024.

• Rahdar, R., Mark A. London, Yuetong Lin, and Jiang Hong. Systems Thinking Applied to Higher Education Curricula. INCOSE Systems 2023 Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 2023.

• Rahdar, R., Yuetong Lin, and Mark A. London. On the Similarities and Contrasts Between Systems Engineering Terminologies. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), June 2022.

• London, M., et al. Using System Readiness Levels to Improve Reliability Predictions and T&E Investment Decisions. 30th Annual ITEA T&E Symposium (2013).

• London, M. et al. Reliability Growth Models Using System Readiness Levels. NDIA 16th Annual Sys. Eng. Conference (2013), Arlington, VA.

• London, M. Combining DOD Test Information from Disparate Sources. 2012 SEDC Conference, VA.

• London, M. Testing and Evaluation of Radar Systems. 2008 NDIA 8th Annual Sys. Eng. Conference.