The Measurement Working Group

Measurement Working Group Mission:
Promote shared understanding, education and advancement of measures, measurement practices, measurement tools/support, and the overall measurement process as applied to systems engineering.

Presentation Overview:
o What does the Measurement Working Group do?
o Why is the Measurement Working Group Important?
o Any Obstacles, Challenges, or Issues Slowing Us Down?

Sal Bruno brings a rich experience in systems development, consulting, and executive level leadership of product development and information technology solutions for the defense, telecommunications, and consulting industries. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, he was a software engineer with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Billing Services’ technical project manager at Pacific Bell. He successful led and built consulting and professional services practices for Embarcadero Systems Corporation, InfoGain, Contra Costa County, and Idapta.

At Lockheed Martin, Mr. Bruno is responsible for ensuring the successful reporting of enterprise, operations/program performance metrics as well as new and innovative ideas in the areas of process improvement practices, quality initiatives, and tool automation.

Mr. Bruno is a leading authority on the creation and use of indicators development and practices. He’s the founder and host of the “Program Measurement Coordinators” Community of Practice, and creates performance measurements dashboards using Alteryx, SQL Server, Tableau, and Excel. Mr. Bruno has invented and created new, innovative and meaningful indicators such as the Scalometer and Statoport, uses statistical analysis to identify problems and recommend process improvement changes, and initiates new measurement concepts like QPI (Quality Performance Index), expanding the color rating performance spectrum, promotes quality principles with human factors engineering designs into his solutions.

Mr. Bruno holds several degrees including a MS in Systems Management from the University of Denver; a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from California State University, East Bay. He is a Lockheed Martin Associate Fellow, certified six sigma green belt, INCOSE Measurement Working Group Chair, INCITS Measurement Working Group Lead, and has taught as an adjunct professor for Golden Gate and Chapman Universities in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.

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