Yeva (Eva) Komandyan is a Senior Principal Systems Engineer and Systems Engineering Manager at Sierra Nevada Corporation, bringing nearly two decades of experience architecting and designing mission-critical systems for the defense industry. A Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) through INCOSE, Yeva champions the adoption and standardization of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies and drives digital transformation initiatives across the defense enterprise. Her work emphasizes the integration of open, modular architectures that enable interoperability, rapid capability insertion, and lifecycle affordability. Yeva holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Control Systems, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering.