Nino Ingegneri (S'81, M'81) received his BSEE degree from University of Maryland in 1982, and took "Reliability by Design" classes from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in '84. He became an IEEE member as an undergraduate at the University of Maryland and joined the Reliability Society. He has served through all the offices thru chairman of the IEEE Wash/NoVA Chapter of the Reliability Society (several times), the IEEE Washington Section (senior past chairman), and is currently the Chairman of the IEEE National Capital Area Council. Nino has worked in the Reliability, Maintainability, and Quality Assurance (RM&QA) area since 1983, and has supported several Navy programs, such as the Cruise Missile Project, the CG47 AEGIS Cruiser Production Program, and the RAM Missile Program, and supported NASA's Office of Safety and Mission Quality. He is currently manages the Tracor's RM&QA effort in support of the Navy Program Manager for the Surface Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Combat System Program.