Mitchell finished his PhD in May 2023 in Systems & Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona, a few buildings West on campus. His specialty is in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), a field which uses semantic interoperability and visual programming languages to from cross-cutting diagrams as an alternative to document-based engineering of complex system-of-systems. Mitchell works under auspices of Dr. Eric Pearce, applying MBSE to advance space telescope constellation optimization through requirements-based trade studies. Prior to his enrollment at UA, he worked at submarine manufacturer General Dynamics Electric Boat and attended Northwestern University for his BS and MS. He is originally from Long Island, New York.