Chris Crumbly is the Vice President of Digital Enterprise Programs for Victory Solutions bringing over 27 years of system engineering and program management experience with NASA. His focus is on the implementation and use of digital engineering enabling technologies such as Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) with NASA and DoD customers – as well as academic partners at Auburn University, Calhoun Community College, and Wallace State. Chris also serves as the Executive Director of the nonprofit Institute for Digital Enterprise Advancement (IDEA) which enables and accelerates incorporation of Digital Engineering and Manufacturing into the workplace. IDEA recently received a grant from the DoD for development of a 2-year Associates Degree in System Engineering Technology that accelerates the availability of modelers to support System Engineers working to efficiently implement MBSE into the workplace.