Daniel Drew has over 34 years of experience developing and maintaining real-time and IT systems. He is an expert in software engineering processes and has led over 16 appraisals using the CMMI model. As Project Lead for United Space Alliance, he created policies governing software development and established compliance to CMMI levels 3 and 5, improving quality, costs, and schedules. He has a Master's in Software Engineering and is PMP, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and Scrum Master certified.
AstroWix Consulting Services provides strategies and models for business transformation through services like enterprise maturity assessments, project portfolio management, process and methodology consulting, project management office setup and support, enterprise project management rollouts, project audits, and project management consultancy. AstroWix helps clients create and execute strategies from conceptualization through implementation.
This document provides information on project and portfolio management consulting services offered by RCM. RCM assists organizations in developing best practice project management processes to help clients deliver projects on time, on budget, and with better resource utilization and customer satisfaction. Services include process and methodology development, project management office development, project recovery and replanning, and providing "on demand" project managers.
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Serena Development Management helps enterprises balance speed and control in software development. It orchestrates application development across tools, teams, and platforms. This standardizes processes, increases efficiency by 40%, and reduces errors by 90%. Dashboards provide visibility into development metrics and processes across global teams and tools.
SaM Solutions is an international software development and business process outsourcing company with over 17 years of experience. It has over 600 employees across offices in Europe and the US. SaM Solutions provides a full range of software services and custom application development using methodologies like Agile that ensure quality, transparency, and on-time and on-budget deliveries for its 400+ clients across many industries.
The presentation summarizes MiniMax's journey with quality models in partnership with SECC. Along more than 6 years, MiniMax started by traditional discipline models such as SPIG and CMMI moving to discipline-agility models supported and consulted by SECC.
This document discusses leading indicators for systems engineering. It begins by outlining the concepts and motivation behind measuring leading indicators. It then describes a project to develop a set of 13 leading indicators to assess how effectively a program is performing systems engineering. These indicators are defined to provide predictive insights before impacts are realized. The document discusses challenges in implementing and interpreting leading indicators and mapping them to different life cycle phases. It notes that validating leading indicators is difficult as companies are reluctant to share information, and that leading indicators can be dismissed as similar to existing metrics.
AstroWix Consulting Services provides strategies and models for business transformation through services like enterprise maturity assessments, project portfolio management, process and methodology consulting, project management office setup and support, enterprise project management rollouts, project audits, and project management consultancy. AstroWix helps clients create and execute strategies from conceptualization through implementation.
This document provides information on project and portfolio management consulting services offered by RCM. RCM assists organizations in developing best practice project management processes to help clients deliver projects on time, on budget, and with better resource utilization and customer satisfaction. Services include process and methodology development, project management office development, project recovery and replanning, and providing "on demand" project managers.
Serena Orchestrated Development Management.pdfRodrigo Ponce
Serena Development Management helps enterprises balance speed and control in software development. It orchestrates application development across tools, teams, and platforms. This standardizes processes, increases efficiency by 40%, and reduces errors by 90%. Dashboards provide visibility into development metrics and processes across global teams and tools.
SaM Solutions is an international software development and business process outsourcing company with over 17 years of experience. It has over 600 employees across offices in Europe and the US. SaM Solutions provides a full range of software services and custom application development using methodologies like Agile that ensure quality, transparency, and on-time and on-budget deliveries for its 400+ clients across many industries.
The presentation summarizes MiniMax's journey with quality models in partnership with SECC. Along more than 6 years, MiniMax started by traditional discipline models such as SPIG and CMMI moving to discipline-agility models supported and consulted by SECC.
This document discusses leading indicators for systems engineering. It begins by outlining the concepts and motivation behind measuring leading indicators. It then describes a project to develop a set of 13 leading indicators to assess how effectively a program is performing systems engineering. These indicators are defined to provide predictive insights before impacts are realized. The document discusses challenges in implementing and interpreting leading indicators and mapping them to different life cycle phases. It notes that validating leading indicators is difficult as companies are reluctant to share information, and that leading indicators can be dismissed as similar to existing metrics.
The document discusses how configuration management (CM) helps projects innovate and communicate. It compares project management and CM processes, and describes traditional CM versus CM II approaches. It also outlines two project management models - Kepner-Tregoe and Deming's Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle. CM expands on these models by managing both requirements definition and physical project tasks in synchronized cycles. The document argues that CM helps address common problems that cause project failures, such as poor communication, requirements, documentation, and change control. CM is positioned to support the entire project management process.
iSAMS is ERP Logic's integrated SAP Application Management Services offering that provides multi-year management of SAP applications and reduces costs. It aims to improve quality of IT delivery, convert costs to variable, and refocus internal resources on other initiatives. Key benefits include higher quality services, reduced technology risk, and access to skilled SAP resources and upgrades.
The document discusses project management and applying the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) to ERP implementations. It outlines the nine knowledge areas and 47 processes from PMBOK. The knowledge areas are integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement. It also provides timelines and reviews as part of quality management for an ASAP implementation methodology. Project management reviews are an integral part of ensuring project quality.
This document discusses how to effectively manage technology development efforts using program management principles and standards. While technology development requires flexibility and agility, there are also constants like cost, schedule, and risk that need management. The key is tailoring standards to the specific program by focusing on the essential processes needed for success and communicating those processes clearly. This allows technology development to benefit from discipline without hindering innovation.
RGZ provides enterprise program management services focused on delivering complex initiatives on time and on budget. Their approach involves three elements: experienced consultants, a sound methodology, and a focus on client excellence. They help organizations establish governance models, planning processes, and knowledge platforms to institutionalize program management practices and ensure the successful delivery of strategic initiatives.
This document provides an overview of agile software development methods and requirement elicitation techniques used for small projects. It discusses popular agile methods like eXtreme Programming (XP), Scrum, Adaptive Software Development (ASD), Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), and Feature Driven Development (FDD). For requirement gathering, it focuses on using user stories with an example project that automated ISO documentation of a teaching process using Scrum. The key highlights are:
1) Agile methods emphasize communication, collaboration, rapid feedback and responding to changing priorities over rigid processes.
2) Popular techniques discussed are XP's core practices, Scrum's roles of Product Owner, Scrum Master and team members, and
IBM Rational Quality Manager provides a centralized hub for collaborative test management across the software development lifecycle. It aims to mitigate business risk through stakeholder coordination and enforceable process workflows, improve operational efficiency via test automation and lab management, and make confident decisions with effortless reporting and metrics. The solution emphasizes collaboration, automation, and reporting to govern software quality.
This document outlines the Protorative methodology for ERP implementations. It begins with background on typical ERP projects and their high failure rates. It then discusses the drawbacks of traditional methods like ASAP that do not allow going back to earlier phases. The Theory of Constraints is introduced as focusing on identifying and exploiting constraints. The Protorative methodology is presented as a prototype + iterative approach that gathers requirements through hands-on prototyping with users. Key assumptions and scheduling are provided, with advantages noted as faster timelines, less testing needs, and better user adoption.
The document discusses challenges in software delivery and the need for measurement to improve processes and outcomes. It introduces the IBM Rational Insight solution, which provides integrated lifecycle intelligence through automated collection and analysis of metrics. Rational Insight helps measure performance against business objectives, monitor projects and processes, and facilitate continual improvement through dashboards and reporting.
Agile project management is systems managementGlen Alleman
The document discusses the relationship between systems engineering and agile project management. It argues that agile project management can be derived from systems engineering concepts and that systems engineering ensures that the whole product works together with external systems to meet customer needs. It also discusses how systems engineering focuses on the integrated "whole" and defines both the product and process in a continuously evolving improvement paradigm. Finally, it notes that common principles of agile project management like iterative development, emphasis on collaboration, and adaptive processes have long been principles of systems engineering.
1) The document discusses IBM's Jazz platform for collaborative software delivery. Jazz provides tools to help with requirements management, architecture, security, change delivery, quality assurance, and project management.
2) The first wave of Jazz offerings included Rational Insight, Rational Requirements Composer, Rational Team Concert, and Rational Quality Manager. These tools help with collaboration, requirements, source control, and testing.
3) The document outlines benefits of the Jazz platform such as improved productivity, visibility, automation, and alignment between business goals and development. Future roadmap items are also mentioned.
Fostering innovation and efficiency through collaborative change managementIBM Rational software
This paper discusses the recent genesis of collaborative change management. This new approach to systems and software development transforms the way organizations manage change across the life cycle to make it more transparent, flexible and efficient.It explores how the adoption of an open, uniform approach to commercial systems and software development, as well as the dynamic integration of project management capabilities with change management, can dramatically raise the bar on collaboration and productivity.
The document summarizes a keynote presentation about requirements definition and management (RDM). The presentation discusses improving requirements, management, and project results. It outlines IBM's strategy to deliver world-class RDM capabilities integrated across the development lifecycle. The strategy involves protecting investments in existing tools, gradually introducing innovations, and modernizing tools with Jazz technology.
CMMI Implementation with Digité EnterpriseDigite Inc
In an increasingly competitive world, software organizations must implement effective
processes to deliver useful and reliable software in time and within budget. IT organizations are
adapting CMMI models to help them streamline their software development activities. Digité
Enterprise platform has successfully supported corporate clients over the past two years to
manage more than a billion dollars worth of software projects. Digité Enterprise now supports
organizations implementing CMMI by providing support for CMMI process areas and key
practices implementation. To understand how Digité can help your organization in its CMMI
implementation roadmap, read on…
The document discusses considerations for implementing agile practices at an enterprise level. It suggests that roles like the product owner and scrum master may need to evolve to account for greater complexity. For example, the product owner role may need to be split among multiple people focusing on different areas. It also discusses challenges like scaling agile across many teams and sites, and how practices like planning and architecture could be adapted for complex enterprise environments.
Performance Ally is a software-as-a-service solution that enables organisations to make performance management something authentic, effective and capable of delivering to the bottom line. It keeps performance management on track, headed in the same direction as corporate strategy.
The document discusses operational best practices from the Team Software Process (TSP) and Architecture-Centric Engineering (ACE) approaches, including how TSP builds high-quality self-managed teams through methods like the Personal Software Process (PSP) for estimating and reducing defects, while ACE focuses on architectural analysis and tradeoffs to ensure systems meet quality goals. It also provides an example case study of how a financial organization in Mexico successfully used TSP+ACE to develop a new trading engine on an aggressive schedule while delivering high performance, quality, and reliability.
The document summarizes the Team Software Process (TSP), which is a disciplined engineering practice developed by the Software Engineering Institute to produce reliable software in less time and at lower costs. TSP focuses on improving team performance through self-directed teams, integrated measurements, and quality reviews. Studies have shown that organizations using TSP achieve improvements in schedule, cost, productivity, and quality, including reducing post-release defects by 80% and balancing schedule and cost variances between -20% to 20%. TSP provides training and tools to implement the process over the course of about a month. A growing number of companies and government organizations have adopted TSP.
Stephen Burge is a project manager with experience managing projects from development through implementation. He has a background in information technology and has managed diverse teams and projects across multiple industries. He maintains clear communication between teams and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget. He also has experience performing requirements analysis, gap analysis, and implementing new systems.
Joseph Tafoya has extensive experience managing software projects and IT organizations. He is seeking a part-time position and has a history of delivering projects on time and within budget for both startups and large corporations. Tafoya brings leadership skills to help build and improve organizations. He has experience across the software development lifecycle, including agile and waterfall methodologies.
This document summarizes the qualifications and experience of an accomplished software test lead. In over 11 years of experience, the candidate has specialized in various types of software testing including automation, system, integration, web application, and backend testing. They are seeking a senior level position in test management or as a Scrum Master. The candidate has extensive experience leading testing teams and implementing Agile methodologies. They also have expertise in test automation, quality assurance processes, and defect analysis.
The document discusses how configuration management (CM) helps projects innovate and communicate. It compares project management and CM processes, and describes traditional CM versus CM II approaches. It also outlines two project management models - Kepner-Tregoe and Deming's Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle. CM expands on these models by managing both requirements definition and physical project tasks in synchronized cycles. The document argues that CM helps address common problems that cause project failures, such as poor communication, requirements, documentation, and change control. CM is positioned to support the entire project management process.
iSAMS is ERP Logic's integrated SAP Application Management Services offering that provides multi-year management of SAP applications and reduces costs. It aims to improve quality of IT delivery, convert costs to variable, and refocus internal resources on other initiatives. Key benefits include higher quality services, reduced technology risk, and access to skilled SAP resources and upgrades.
The document discusses project management and applying the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) to ERP implementations. It outlines the nine knowledge areas and 47 processes from PMBOK. The knowledge areas are integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement. It also provides timelines and reviews as part of quality management for an ASAP implementation methodology. Project management reviews are an integral part of ensuring project quality.
This document discusses how to effectively manage technology development efforts using program management principles and standards. While technology development requires flexibility and agility, there are also constants like cost, schedule, and risk that need management. The key is tailoring standards to the specific program by focusing on the essential processes needed for success and communicating those processes clearly. This allows technology development to benefit from discipline without hindering innovation.
RGZ provides enterprise program management services focused on delivering complex initiatives on time and on budget. Their approach involves three elements: experienced consultants, a sound methodology, and a focus on client excellence. They help organizations establish governance models, planning processes, and knowledge platforms to institutionalize program management practices and ensure the successful delivery of strategic initiatives.
This document provides an overview of agile software development methods and requirement elicitation techniques used for small projects. It discusses popular agile methods like eXtreme Programming (XP), Scrum, Adaptive Software Development (ASD), Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), and Feature Driven Development (FDD). For requirement gathering, it focuses on using user stories with an example project that automated ISO documentation of a teaching process using Scrum. The key highlights are:
1) Agile methods emphasize communication, collaboration, rapid feedback and responding to changing priorities over rigid processes.
2) Popular techniques discussed are XP's core practices, Scrum's roles of Product Owner, Scrum Master and team members, and
IBM Rational Quality Manager provides a centralized hub for collaborative test management across the software development lifecycle. It aims to mitigate business risk through stakeholder coordination and enforceable process workflows, improve operational efficiency via test automation and lab management, and make confident decisions with effortless reporting and metrics. The solution emphasizes collaboration, automation, and reporting to govern software quality.
This document outlines the Protorative methodology for ERP implementations. It begins with background on typical ERP projects and their high failure rates. It then discusses the drawbacks of traditional methods like ASAP that do not allow going back to earlier phases. The Theory of Constraints is introduced as focusing on identifying and exploiting constraints. The Protorative methodology is presented as a prototype + iterative approach that gathers requirements through hands-on prototyping with users. Key assumptions and scheduling are provided, with advantages noted as faster timelines, less testing needs, and better user adoption.
The document discusses challenges in software delivery and the need for measurement to improve processes and outcomes. It introduces the IBM Rational Insight solution, which provides integrated lifecycle intelligence through automated collection and analysis of metrics. Rational Insight helps measure performance against business objectives, monitor projects and processes, and facilitate continual improvement through dashboards and reporting.
Agile project management is systems managementGlen Alleman
The document discusses the relationship between systems engineering and agile project management. It argues that agile project management can be derived from systems engineering concepts and that systems engineering ensures that the whole product works together with external systems to meet customer needs. It also discusses how systems engineering focuses on the integrated "whole" and defines both the product and process in a continuously evolving improvement paradigm. Finally, it notes that common principles of agile project management like iterative development, emphasis on collaboration, and adaptive processes have long been principles of systems engineering.
1) The document discusses IBM's Jazz platform for collaborative software delivery. Jazz provides tools to help with requirements management, architecture, security, change delivery, quality assurance, and project management.
2) The first wave of Jazz offerings included Rational Insight, Rational Requirements Composer, Rational Team Concert, and Rational Quality Manager. These tools help with collaboration, requirements, source control, and testing.
3) The document outlines benefits of the Jazz platform such as improved productivity, visibility, automation, and alignment between business goals and development. Future roadmap items are also mentioned.
Fostering innovation and efficiency through collaborative change managementIBM Rational software
This paper discusses the recent genesis of collaborative change management. This new approach to systems and software development transforms the way organizations manage change across the life cycle to make it more transparent, flexible and efficient.It explores how the adoption of an open, uniform approach to commercial systems and software development, as well as the dynamic integration of project management capabilities with change management, can dramatically raise the bar on collaboration and productivity.
The document summarizes a keynote presentation about requirements definition and management (RDM). The presentation discusses improving requirements, management, and project results. It outlines IBM's strategy to deliver world-class RDM capabilities integrated across the development lifecycle. The strategy involves protecting investments in existing tools, gradually introducing innovations, and modernizing tools with Jazz technology.
CMMI Implementation with Digité EnterpriseDigite Inc
In an increasingly competitive world, software organizations must implement effective
processes to deliver useful and reliable software in time and within budget. IT organizations are
adapting CMMI models to help them streamline their software development activities. Digité
Enterprise platform has successfully supported corporate clients over the past two years to
manage more than a billion dollars worth of software projects. Digité Enterprise now supports
organizations implementing CMMI by providing support for CMMI process areas and key
practices implementation. To understand how Digité can help your organization in its CMMI
implementation roadmap, read on…
The document discusses considerations for implementing agile practices at an enterprise level. It suggests that roles like the product owner and scrum master may need to evolve to account for greater complexity. For example, the product owner role may need to be split among multiple people focusing on different areas. It also discusses challenges like scaling agile across many teams and sites, and how practices like planning and architecture could be adapted for complex enterprise environments.
Performance Ally is a software-as-a-service solution that enables organisations to make performance management something authentic, effective and capable of delivering to the bottom line. It keeps performance management on track, headed in the same direction as corporate strategy.
The document discusses operational best practices from the Team Software Process (TSP) and Architecture-Centric Engineering (ACE) approaches, including how TSP builds high-quality self-managed teams through methods like the Personal Software Process (PSP) for estimating and reducing defects, while ACE focuses on architectural analysis and tradeoffs to ensure systems meet quality goals. It also provides an example case study of how a financial organization in Mexico successfully used TSP+ACE to develop a new trading engine on an aggressive schedule while delivering high performance, quality, and reliability.
The document summarizes the Team Software Process (TSP), which is a disciplined engineering practice developed by the Software Engineering Institute to produce reliable software in less time and at lower costs. TSP focuses on improving team performance through self-directed teams, integrated measurements, and quality reviews. Studies have shown that organizations using TSP achieve improvements in schedule, cost, productivity, and quality, including reducing post-release defects by 80% and balancing schedule and cost variances between -20% to 20%. TSP provides training and tools to implement the process over the course of about a month. A growing number of companies and government organizations have adopted TSP.
Stephen Burge is a project manager with experience managing projects from development through implementation. He has a background in information technology and has managed diverse teams and projects across multiple industries. He maintains clear communication between teams and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget. He also has experience performing requirements analysis, gap analysis, and implementing new systems.
Joseph Tafoya has extensive experience managing software projects and IT organizations. He is seeking a part-time position and has a history of delivering projects on time and within budget for both startups and large corporations. Tafoya brings leadership skills to help build and improve organizations. He has experience across the software development lifecycle, including agile and waterfall methodologies.
This document summarizes the qualifications and experience of an accomplished software test lead. In over 11 years of experience, the candidate has specialized in various types of software testing including automation, system, integration, web application, and backend testing. They are seeking a senior level position in test management or as a Scrum Master. The candidate has extensive experience leading testing teams and implementing Agile methodologies. They also have expertise in test automation, quality assurance processes, and defect analysis.
Requirements-driven quality solutions from IBM Rational can help organizations:
1) Collaborate to define requirements early in development to reduce risk and avoid costly mistakes.
2) Automate workflows to accelerate time to market and improve efficiency by reducing manual tasks.
3) Continuously measure and improve processes using data and metrics for objective decision making.
Rajeev Krishnapillai has over 25 years of experience in IT project management, product development, engineering, and consulting. He has worked for several major companies, managing teams and overseeing successful software development projects. His areas of expertise include product management, program/project management, business development, IT consulting, and relationship management. He has extensive experience developing and supporting various operating systems and applications.
Stephen Burge is a senior business analyst with over 25 years of experience in various industries. He has a proven track record of successfully managing projects throughout the entire software development lifecycle, on time and on budget. His skills include requirements gathering, gap analysis, testing, and training. He is proficient in agile methodologies and excels at communication and team leadership.
The document discusses how the Personal Software Process (PSP) and Team Software Process (TSP) can be used to implement aspects of both Agile development and the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). PSP focuses on individual skills and discipline, while TSP builds on PSP to develop efficient, self-organizing teams. TSP/PSP teams can adapt Agile practices like iterative development and value delivery while achieving CMMI goals like defined processes and continuous improvement. Case studies show TSP/PSP reducing defects, rework, and improving productivity, quality, and maturity levels.
Resume for Mark Spohn: Accomplished technical professional with business planning, program management, system administration, and cross-functional resource management experience aimed at maximizing technology in business. Consistently produce quality deliverables launching new technology, enhancing client-vendor relationships, streamlining policies and procedures, and modernizing business models. Independent CMS developer (2008-2012), seeking Social Media opportunities.
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This document contains a summary of Umesh Ramanresh Sharma's professional experience and qualifications. Some key points:
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Alan Schofield is an experienced IT manager and director with expertise in software development, project management, and quality assurance. He has led teams on global projects from conceptualization through implementation. As a consultant, he helped companies develop nearshore software teams and provided oversight of project governance. Previously, he managed up to 170 staff across departments and 100 concurrent projects for a logistics company, applying agile and waterfall methods to analyze requirements and ensure on-time completion.
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Dan Drew Resume
1. Daniel W. Drew, MS, PMP, L6S Black Belt, SCRUM Master
4755 St. Lawrence Dr. Friendswood, Tx. 77546 Phone: 281-620-2158 Email: Daniel.Drew@sbcglobal.net
Career Goal: Director Software Development/Maintenance / Sr. Software Staff Consultant
Dedicated software engineer with thirty four years of experience developing, implementing, and maintaining real time /
near real time systems, IT Systems, strategies, processes and controls that significantly improve software development
and maintenance. Expert in establishing system requirements / design, systems and best practices; cost-reduction,
process modeling and definition; and sustained software organizational performance to ensure goal-surpassing
performance.
Skills
Skill Business Value
Management of cross organizational / geographically Proven ability to manage a variety of teams to produce
dispersed teams high quality end products and sustainment of operations
while achieving cost and schedule targets.
Team facilitation Able to transform differing views into a shared vision
brining different teams and individuals to work together.
Risk management Maximize the reduction of risk ensuring project and
enterprise success
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Identification of greatest ROI opportunities and
achievement of process improvement goals
Technology insertion Leverage synergies between different technical domains
to enhance capabilities.
Business process modeling Able to identify how things are actually done and the
primary areas offering the greatest ROI for process
improvement.
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Guidance from industry best practices to accelerate and
Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) model institutionalize enterprise process improvement.
implementation
Training development and delivery Effective transference of knowledge and skills to enhance
the company’s workforce
System requirements analysis and design Able to bridge multiple domains and define systems that
satisfy the user’s needs and expectations.
Experience
UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE - HOUSTON, TX.
Project Lead, 5/2000 to Present
Member of the Software Process Owner’s office reporting to the VP of Engineering and Integration that is responsible for
software activity across all of United Space Alliance. Software domains include business systems, flight systems, ground
support systems, mission control systems, program management systems, embedded software, and logistics
Key accomplishments:
Accomplishments Results
Created corporate software engineering policy governing Established consensus between the company’s six
all software activity major software organizations.
Established compliance to CMMI level 3 and 5.
Successfully led more than 16 Software Engineering All software organizations with a total of over 1000
Institute Capability Maturity Model Integrated (SEI employees brought into compliance at level 2, 3, or 5
CMM/CMMI) based process appraisals and compliance institutionalized.
Oversight of software process improvement within the 92% improvement in quality reaching 5 sigma or greater
organizations under the CMMI umbrella activity 68% improvement in cost and schedule variance
80% improvement in system stability
55% reduction in development costs.
Lean six sigma project to improve data entry for CMMI Reduced first time error rate for approximately 5000
appraisals items from 72% to 16%.
Lean six sigma projects for software process improvement Appraisal costs reduced by more than 60%
which reduced CMMI appraisal cost Recurring savings of 2720 staff hours per appraisal.
Facilitator for executive level Kaizens Development of corporate strategy to establish future
company structure.
2. Created a virtual software organization Allows CMMI appraisals at a corporate level while
leaving project management within the local
organizations. This resulted in eliminating the need for
individual organizational appraisals saving the company
in excess of 2 million dollars a year
Supported company training needs Green Belt / Black belt instructor and Green Belt mentor
Created and delivered training on High Maturity
Software Organizations
Member of the company’s IT control board Govern enterprise infrastructure projects
UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE – HOUSTON, TX
Senior Software Engineering Specialist 1995 - 2000
Lead of an information technology group supporting NASA’s Johnson Space Center Mission Operations Directorate.
Key accomplishments:
• Transformed the NASA MOD Technology group into a critical mission support group responsible for the flight rules
support system and crew training support system
• Designed and developed a dual language (Russian/English) astronaut training support system
UNISYS – HOUSTON, TX
Manager Space Shuttle Ground Telemetry Group 1986 - 1995
Lead of a team responsible for the maintenance of the ground telemetry system that provides communication support
between the Shuttle and the mission operations center during flight.
Key accomplishments:
• No in-flight anomalies from the ground telemetry system causing loss of mission objectives during 9 years of team
leadership
• Principal instructor and course developer for the UNISYS Software Engineering program
• Path finder for object-oriented technologies into the company
• Served as chair of the company’s Software Engineering Process Group overseeing software process improvement
across the local UNISYS site.
CONTROL APPLICATIONS – HOUSTON, TX
Software Developer 1976 - 1986
Specialized in the development and deployment of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Systems
Development for major petroleum pipeline companies.
Key accomplishments:
• Developed the Plantation Pipeline Supervisory Data Acquisition and Control (SCADA) system
• Developed the Exxon Pipeline Supervisory Data Acquisition and Control (SCADA) system
• Designed, developed, and deployed the Amerada Hess North Texas gas field SCADA system
• Designed, developed, and deployed the Louisiana Offshore Oil Pipeline (LOOP) Batch Scheduling System
Education
Certified Project Management Professional – PMP
Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – The George Group
Certified SCRUM Master
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE, HOUSTON TX.
Master of Science Software Engineering (emphasis in software process), 1997, graduated with honors - Phi Kappa Phi
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE STATION, TX
Bachelor of Science Computing, 1975
Publications
“Early Life Cycle Support for Objects” - Unisys 1988 Second Annual Software Engineering Symposium.
“A Practical Approach to Object Based Requirements Analysis” - Proceedings of the 13th Annual Software Engineering
Workshop NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center 1988.
“Ada Pilot Projects - Lessons Learned” - Unisys 1990 Third Annual Software Engineering Symposium.
3. “Tailoring the SEI’s Capability Maturity Model to a Software Sustaining Engineering Organization” - IEEE Conference of
Software Maintenance 1992. (Cited in the 1st draft of the IEEE Software Engineering Body of Knowledge)
“Developing Formal Software Process Definitions” - IEEE Conference on Software Maintenance 1993.
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