Dr. Tami Katz is a Staff Consultant at BAE Systems, Inc., located in Colorado, USA. Dr. Katz is certified as an International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) and has a Doctorate of Philosophy in Systems Engineering from Colorado State University.

In addition to serving as Deputy Director of Technical Operations, she is co-chair of the INCOSE Requirements Working Group.

During her career, Dr. Katz has worked in systems and test engineering of space vehicles, performing a range of activities, including design, requirements development, verification, validation, testing, functional management, and technical leadership. Over the last several years, she has conducted extensive research into techniques for optimizing the requirements management process, published multiple papers, and is a contributing author of the INCOSE Needs and Requirements Manual.