Ms. Hema Manivannan serves as an engineer for the Defense Standardization Program Office (DSPO). In her current position, she supports the Defense Standardization Program in the advancement of Department of Defense (DoD) joint and coalition interoperability, modernization, and sustainment goals. She champions the development and update of DoD-wide standardization policies and procedures and ensures DoD implementation is actively anchored in Systems Engineering policy and procedures, including digital engineering and Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) principles. Ms. Manivannan holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, as well as an MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.