His election will be formally announced during a plenary session at the INCOSE 26th International Symposium in July in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he will be publicly recognized for his contribution to the discipline of systems engineering.

Kenley was elected for contributions both as a practitioner in design, analysis, and risk management for developing advanced system concepts and as a researcher in applying analytic, statistical modeling, and simulation methods to all aspects of advanced systems concept development. He has been an INCOSE member since 1994 and has served in numerous roles, including Secretary of the international organization, Editor in Chief of INSIGHT (a quarterly publication for practitioners of systems engineering), and board member of the Crossroads of America Chapter.

INCOSE is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1991 to develop and disseminate the interdisciplinary principles and practices that enable the realization of successful systems. It has over 9,000 members who are engaged in systems engineering practice, education, and research and who are affiliated with 31 chapters in the U.S. and 32 chapters around the world.