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Bio
Mark A. Vernacchia is the Principal and Co-Founder of The SSE Group - LLC, that provides consulting, educational, and instructional services in Systems Engineering, System Safety Engineering, and System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA). He has been performing STPA evaluations for almost a decade.
Mark is a former Technical Fellow at General Motors Company where he was the Principal System Safety Engineer for all GM propulsion systems worldwide. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) from Purdue University and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Sciences (MSES) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Mark is listed as an inventor on more than 20 US patents.
Mark is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan.
He is certified as an Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) by the International Council of Systems Engineers (INCOSE).
Mark is the Chair of the SAE STPA Task Force developing recommended practices for STPA as well as the first STPA Standard for any industry.