Dr. Alejandro Salado is an Associate Professor of Systems Engineering and Director of Systems Engineering Programs at the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. He also provides part-time consulting in areas related to enterprise transformation, cultural change of technical teams, systems engineering, and engineering strategy.

Alejandro conducts research in problem formulation, design of verification and validation strategies, model-based systems engineering, and engineering education. Before joining academia, he held positions as systems engineer, chief architect, and chief systems engineer in manned and unmanned space systems of up to $1B in development cost. He has published over 150 technical papers, and his research has received federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Naval Surface Warfare Command (NSWC), the Naval Air System Command (NAVAIR), and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), among others.

He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the International Fulbright Science and Technology Award, and several best paper awards. Dr. Salado holds a BS and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, an MS in Project Management and an MS in Electronics Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, the SpaceTech MEng in Space Systems Engineering from the Technical University of Delft, and a PhD in Systems Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology. He is an associate fellow of AIAA and a senior member of IEEE.