Dr. Michael D. Konrad is a principal researcher at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) of Carnegie Mellon University. He applies causal discovery and inference, and more broadly, artificial intelligence/machine learning, to systems engineering and software engineering problems. From 1999-2013, Konrad was the model team lead for the CMMI for Development; and a contributor to the original CMM for Software and to ISO/IEC 15504 (1988-1998). Konrad also worked at ISSI, SAIC, and Honeywell (1979-1987). He has a PhD in Mathematics from Ohio University, 1978.