Tim is a member of the executive board of the German consulting company oose, an MBSE coach, and an active member of the OMG and INCOSE communities. He has written sections of the initial SysML specification and is a co-chair of the SysML v2 finalization task force.

As a coach, he has advised many companies in different domains. His insights into their challenges are one source of his experience that he shares.

Tim is a co-host of The MBSE Podcast.

All books written by Tim Weilkiens, including books not published by MBSE4U, can be found here.

You can contact him at tim@mbse4u.com and read his blog posts about MBSE in the MBSE4U blog.

Michael J. Vinarcik is the Director and Offering Manager for Digital Architecture and Requirements Engineering (DARE) for SAIC's Engineering Innovation Factory. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy and a visiting professor at CIDESI (Mexico City). He has written numerous papers, contributed to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK), and is active in INCOSE (most recently he was Treasurer from 2020-2023). He received the 2017 Cameo Award for Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Excellence for his MBSE thought leadership and was the 2023 Individual Modeler of the Year at the World Championship of Systems Architecting. He is the Founder and President of Sigma Theta Mu, the systems honor society.

Christoph Fischer is a Principal Systems Engineer who works as Enterprise Architect, Lead System Architect, and Product Cybersecurity Specialist at Roche Diabetes Care. Christoph has over two decades experience in research and development of medical cyber-physical systems. He received the Dipl.-Ing. (M.Sc.) in electrical engineering and information technology from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Dr. rer. medic. (doctoral degree) in medical sciences from the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

Christoph is a passionate practitioner, student, teacher, and mentor of Model-Based Systems Engineering, system thinking, lean-agile practices, biomedical signal processing, interoperability, and cybersecurity as key enablers for medical systems over their life cycle. He shares his practical insights in international presentations, publications, and standards.

Christoph lives in Southern Germany with his wife and two children, practices Aikido, and does long-distance running.