Mr. Nathan Flinn has twenty years of DoD experience. Nathan has a B.S. in Computer Engineering, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, and M.E. in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University. Since 2014 he has been a Naval engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). Nathan also supports the NAVAIR PMA-209 Avionics Architecture Team (AAT), where he advocates for adoption of Modular Open Systems Approaches (MOSA) and creation of a Joint Domain Specific Data Model (DSDM) to be the authoritative source of truth for data definitions across the DoD. Nathan is also an active member of the FACE® Consortium, where he works closely with experts to refine data modeling strategies to support integration of systems; and he was the FACE Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Subcommittee chairman until October 2024.