- Architect of the Telelogic Enterprise Architect for DoDAF Solution
- Co-Author of the OMG SysML Specification V1.0
- Package Lead for the Eclipse Process Framework OpenUP Requirements Management, Configuration Management and Change Management content.
- Architect and lead developer of the IBM Harmony Library of Best Practices
Chair of the IBM Advanced Research and Training Laboratory Advisory Board.
- INCOSE Corporate Advisory Board Member
Bio
Dr Chris Sibbald brings over 20 years of practical systems engineering experience to his current role as Product Manager for IBM Rational Method Composer (RMC), IBM Rational Harmony and the IBM Measured Capability Improvement Framework (MCIF).
Chris started his engineering career in 1986 working for companies such as Kraft, General Foods and World Heart Canada. His ability to integrate theory and practice permitted him to make significant scientific contributions in the domain of electromagnetics early in his career. This work earned him the Governor General of Canada Gold Medal for highest standing at the graduate level at the University of Ottawa. After completing his doctorate, Chris worked as the Payload Systems Engineer on the Radarsat program; Canada’s first commercial remote sensing satellite.
Following the launch of RADARSAT in 1995, Chris contributed to the successful development of several other commercial, military and scientific payloads such as MIPAS, FUSE, CALTRAC, and APAR among others by providing expert electromagnetic compatibility services.
Chris believed that systems engineering practices supported by tools such as DOORS®, and TAU® were not limited to aerospace domain. As co-founder and President of Objective SST, a Rational Education Partner and Value-Added Reseller, Chris leveraged his systems engineering experience to provide expert training and mentoring on requirements management, systems and software engineering and tools to clients in the military, aerospace, telecommunications, financial, and software development domains.
In 2000 Chris joined Telelogic. From 2000 to 2008 he held various positions including Manager of Application Engineering, Director of Application Engineering, and Vice President of Standards and Technology. During this period, he made several significant contributions to the systems and software engineering body of knowledge whilst realizing Telelogic’s strategic goals of creating new solutions and bringing them to new markets. These contributions included:
The Telelogic Enterprise Architect for DoDAF solution, designed to meet the complex needs of Network Centric Warfare (NCW) through an integrated and holistic approach to the subject;
The Requirements Management, Change Management and Configuration Management practices of OpenUP, an open-source agile software development process developed as part of the Eclipse Process Framework project;
The Harmony Library of Best Practices for Systems, Embedded Software and IT Software development; and
The Systems Modeling Language (SysML) standard.
Publications
Chris Sibbald, “The Problem with Process”, Quality World, December 2007.
Chris Sibbald, Kurt Sand, “Building Embedded Software with the Eclipse Process Framework’, Embedded Computing Design, July 2006. (link resides outside ibm.com)
Chris Sibbald, Scott McKorkle, “Taming Chaos with SysML”, Dr. Dobb’s Portal, March 1, 2006. (link resides outside ibm.com)
Chris Sibbald, “Modeling DoDAF Compliant Architectures”, presented at the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) DoD Architectures Conference, April 27-28, 2005.
Cris Kobryn, Chris Sibbald, “Modeling DoDAF Compliant Architectures”, Telelogic Whitepaper, October 25, 2004. (PDF, 667KB)
Christopher Sibbald, “Back to the Drawing Board: Visualizing Requirements through Graphical Models”, presented at the Canadian Software Requirements Symposium ’03, McMaster University, May 2003.
J. M. Anderson, C. L. Sibbald, S. S. Stuchly, "Dielectric Measurements Using a Rational Function Model," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, February 1994.
C. L. Sibbald, S. S. Stuchly Fellow, IEEE, J. M. Anderson, "A New Aperture Admittance Model for Open-Ended Waveguides," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, February 1994.
J. M. Anderson, C. L. Sibbald, S. S. Stuchly, "Advances in Dielectric Measurements Using an Open-Ended Coaxial Line Sensor," 1993 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, British Columbia, September 14-17, 1993.
C. L. Sibbald, S. S. Stuchly, G. I. Costache, "Numerical Analysis of Waveguide Apertures Radiating into Lossy Media," International Journal of Numerical Modelling, Vol. 5, 259-274, 1992.
Nyshadham, C. L. Sibbald, S. S. Stuchly, "Permittivity Measurements using Open-Ended Sensors and Reference Liquid Calibration - An Uncertainty Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, February 1992.
Nyshadham, C. L. Sibbald, S. S. Stuchly, "A Generalized Aperture Admittance Model for Open-Ended Dielectric Sensors: Experimental Method," North American Radio Science Meeting, London, Ontario, June 27, 1991.
C.L. Sibbald, S. S. Stuchly, "Modelling of Open-Ended Coaxial Line Dielectric Sensors," North American Radio Science Meeting, London, Ontario, June 27, 1991.
C.L. Sibbald, S. S. Stuchly, "A New Aperture Admittance Model for Open-Ended Waveguides," 1992 MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, June 1-5, 1991.
C.L. Sibbald, S. S. Stuchly, G. Costache, "A Finite Element Solution of Axially Symmetric Eddy Current Problems." XXII General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Meeting, Prague, Czechoslovakia, August 26, 1990.
C.L. Sibbald, S. S. Stuchly, G. Costache, "Rectangular Aperture Radiating into a Lossy Medium - Numerical and Experimental Results," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, San Jose, California, June 26, 1989.
C.L. Sibbald, G. I. Costache, S. S. Stuchly, "Finite Element Method Applied to Open-Ended Waveguide Structures," Tenth Annual Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetic Society, Stamford, Connecticut, June 20, 1988.
S. S. Stuchly, A. Krazewski, S. Symonds, M. A. Stuchly, A. Surowiec, C. Sibbald, "Automated Dielectric Spectrometer at Radio and Microwave Frequencies," IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Boulder, Colorado, March 26, 1986.
