Director, System Design and Management Fellows Program
Senior Lecturer in Engineering Systems

Pat Hale holds a B.S. in Geophysical Oceanography from the University of Washington, as well as the degrees of Ocean Engineer and S.M. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from MIT. His professional interests include application of systems engineering in commercial product development, complex naval system design and engineering process frameworks and methods.

Prior to joining MIT, Mr. Hale completed a 22 year career in the U.S. Navy, qualifying in both Surface Warfare and Submarine Warfare (Engineering Duty) communities, and culminating in managing the design and construction of submarines in Groton, Connecticut. Following his Navy career, Pat held executive-level systems engineering positions in defense and commercial system and product development organizations, including Director of Systems Engineering at both Draper Laboratory and Otis Elevator Company, where he developed and implemented Otis’ first systems engineering process and organization. Since joining MIT in 2003, Mr. Hale has led the MIT-Industry Partner Systems Engineering Certificate Program, a one-year graduate certificate program under SDM, and is now Director of the SDM Fellows program.

Mr. Hale has been a member of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) for 12 years, and has served on the INCOSE Board of Directors for eight years. He is currently President for 2008-2009. He has published papers in the area of commercial systems engineering in the conference proceedings of both INCOSE and ASME.

News and announcements:

Hale the SDM Chief (September 21, 2006)

Pat Hale Named President-Elect of INCOSE (December 2, 2005)

Rhodes, Frey Honored at INCOSE Symposium ESD plays major role in event (July 22, 2005)