|
|
Utah Valley University
Before becoming a professor of computer science at
Utah Valley University, Chuck Allison developed software for more than twenty years.
He is a contributing editor for Better Software magazine and editor of
The C++ Source, an online journal. He spent most of the 1990s as an active member
of the C++ Standards Committee and is author of Thinking In C++, Volume
2, with Bruce Eckel. Chuck offers onsite training in C++, Python, and Design Patterns.
Whenever he finds a little down time, Chuck plays classical guitar or bikes the
country roads of central Utah. Contact him at
[email protected].
|
|
|
Modus Cooperandi
David Anderson has been a leader of great software teams delivering cutting-edge products since 1991. David was a member of the team that created Feature Driven Development (FDD), one of the original agile methods. Based on his experience with FDD at Sprint PCS, he authored the first book on management of agile development, Agile Management for Software Engineering in 2003. He has been an innovator in agile methods, applying management techniques such as Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Deming�s Theory of Profound Knowledge in software engineering projects and organizations. As the process architect for MSF for CMMI� Process Improvement at Microsoft, he built a strong working relationship with key people in the Software Engineering Institute and formal software process community.
|
|
|
Bender RBT
Richard Bender has more than thirty-five years of
experience in software with a primary focus on quality assurance and testing. He
has consulted internationally for large and small corporations, government agencies,
and the military on applications that run the gamut from finance, billing, and manufacturing
to medical, transportation, and communications—to prison management and weather
forecasting. Richard teaches a series of courses on the techniques for practical,
rigorous requirements-based testing, code-based testing, and writing testable requirements.
|
|
|
Pitney Bowes
Kevin Bodie is a software development director at
Pitney Bowes Emtex. His team develops Automated Document Factory solutions targeted
to leading-edge production mailers. Kevin has held a variety of development and
technical management positions in his career and has developed motion control systems,
large-scale control systems, as well as Internet and Enterprise systems. Kevin has
written for Internet Week, Leadership in Action, and InfoWorld,
appearing on its cover. Kevin has received eight US Patents and is a member of the
IEEE and the IEEE Computer Society.
|
|
|
AgileEvolution, Inc.
In 2006, Stacia Broderick founded AgileEvolution,
Inc., based on the belief that agile practices present a humane, logical way for
teams and companies to deliver products. A project manager for fourteen years, the
last seven in software development, Stacia was trained and mentored as a ScrumMaster
by Ken Schwaber. She is a Certified ScrumMaster Trainer as well as a PMP, a mix
that proves invaluable when assisting organizations as they embrace the principles
of agile and transition from traditional to modern practices. With Michele Sliger,
Stacia is co-authoring A Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility.
|
|
|
Mountain
Goat Software
Mike Cohn is the founder of Mountain Goat Software.
Mike specializes in helping companies adopt and improve their use of agile processes
and techniques to build extremely high performance development organizations. He
is the author of Agile Estimating and Planning and User Stories Applied for Agile
Software Development, as well as books on Java and C++ programming. With more than
20 years of experience, Mike has previously been a technology executive in companies
of various sizes, from startup to Fortune 40. He has also written articles for Better
Software magazine, IEEE Computer, Software Test and Quality Engineering, Agile Times, Cutter
IT Journal, and the C++ Users' Journal. Mike is a frequent speaker at industry conferences
and was a founder of both the Agile Alliance and the Scrum Alliance. He is a Certified
Scrum Trainer and a member of the IEEE Computer Society and the ACM.
|
|
|
Software Quality Engineering
With more than thirty years of experience as an information
systems professional at commercial and nonprofit organizations, Lee Copeland has
worked in applications development, software testing, and software process improvement.
Lee has developed and taught numerous training courses on software development and
testing issues and is a well-known speaker with Software Quality Engineering. The
author of the popular reference book, A Practitioner’s Guide to Software
Test Design, Lee presents at software conferences around the world. He is a frequent
contributor to StickyMinds.com and managing technical editor for Better
Software magazine.
|
|
|
ePlan Services, Inc.
A tester on agile teams since 2000, Lisa Crispin currently
works as a tester at ePlan Services, Inc., developing Web-based financial applications
using XP and Scrum. She leads tutorials and workshops on agile testing at conferences
in the US and Europe. Lisa regularly contributes articles about agile testing to
publications such as Better Software magazine, IEEE Software, and
Methods and Tools. Lisa co-authored Testing Extreme Programming with Tip
House, and is co-writing Agile Testing: The Tester Role in Agile Development
with Janet Gregory. For more about Lisa’s work, visit her Web sites: http://lisa.crispin.home.att.net
and www.agiletester.ca.
|
|
|
Swarthmore College
Lee Devin taught theatre at the University of Virginia (1962-66), Vassar College (1966-70), and Swarthmore College (1970-2002). In 1975 he became a member of the artistic staff of the People�s Light and Theatre, acting, teaching acting, and doing dramaturgy, currently Senior Dramaturg. With Rob Austin of the Harvard Business School, Lee wrote Artful Making; What Managers Need to Know about How Artists Work, published in 2003. In 2005, it won LMDA�s Elliott Hayes Award for dramaturgy. Lee is at work on writing projects that not only interfere with his trout fishing but also cause him to neglect his grandchildren.
|
|
|
Robert Galen Consulting Group
The director of Product Development and Agile Architect
for ChannelAdvisor, Bob Galen has held director, manager, and contributor level
positions in both software development and quality assurance organizations. He is
a Certified Scrum Master Practicing (CSP), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO),
and an active member of the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance. Bob authored
Software Endgames – Eliminating Defects, Controlling Change, and the
Countdown to On-Time Delivery. Bob may be reached at
[email protected] or at
www.rgalen.com.
|
|
|
Grove Consultants
With more than eighteen years of experience in the
IT industry, Julie Gardiner has spent time as an analyst programmer, Oracle DBA,
and project manager. She has first-hand experience as a test analyst, test team
leader, test consultant, and test manager. At Grove Consultants, Julie provides
consultancy and training in all aspects of testing, specializing in risk-based testing,
agile testing, test management, and people issues. She is a certified SCRUM master.
Julie won best presentation at STAREAST 2007 and 2005; best presentation at BCS
SIGiST 2005; and best tutorial at EuroSTAR 2006.
|
|
|
The David Consulting Group
David Garmus is a founder of The David Consulting
Group (an SEI CMMI® Approved Transition Partner) and supports software development
organizations in achieving software excellence with a metric-centered approach.
David is an acknowledged authority in the sizing, measurement, and estimation of
software application development. He is a past president of the International Function
Point Users Group (IFPUG) and a member of their Counting Practices Committee. David
has spoken at numerous conferences and written many articles and several books.
|
|
|
Wipro Technologies
A lead consultant at Wipro Technologies, Guruprasad
Gopalakrishnan leads the SOA testing initiative within its Testing Services division.
He has twelve years of experience in the IT industry in various software testing
roles. Guruprasad has managed testing projects in the banking, financial services,
and insurance industries for various clients worldwide and has performed numerous
test process and test automation assessments.
|
|
|
Catalysis Group, Inc.
Payson Hall is a consulting project manager and founding
member of Catalysis Group, Inc. Trained as a software engineer, Payson has performed
and consulted on a variety of hardware and software systems integration projects
in both the public and private sectors throughout North America and Europe during
his twenty-five-year professional career. His consulting clients have included the
State of California, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, IBM, Agilent, Citibank, the State
of New York, the Defense Communications Agency, and a number of smaller public and
private sector organizations.
|
|
|
Net Objectives
Bob Hartman is a senior trainer/coach for Net Objectives
in the areas of lean-agile processes and testing. He has more than thirty years
of experience developing software and is frequently invited to speak about project
management practices and agile development. Since starting with agile processes
in 2000, Bob’s passion has been to help software development companies change
in ways that allow them to quickly deliver products that have extremely high quality
and exceed customer expectations.
|
|
|
The David Consulting Group
David Herron is an acknowledged authority in the use
of metrics to monitor the impact of Information Technology (IT) on the business
and on the advancement of IT organizations to higher levels of software process
maturity. He is a noted author and lecturer and has addressed audiences throughout
the US and Europe on performance measurement, software process improvement, and
outsourcing governance. With David Garmus, David Herron has co-authored two books
on functional measurement. David Herron’s current engagements include senior-level consulting and coaching on matters relating to organizational change management,
team, and individual mentoring.
|
|
|
Cigital
A managing consultant at Cigital, Paco Hope has more
than twelve years of experience in software and operating system security with areas
of expertise in software security policy, code analysis, host security, and PKI.
Paco has worked significantly with embedded systems in the gaming and mobile communications
industries and has also served as a subject matter expert on issues of network security
standards in the financial industry. Prior to joining Cigital, he served as director
of product development for Tovaris, Inc., and head systems administrator in the Department
of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. Paco is co-author of Mastering
FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security.
|
|
|
The Pragmatic Programmers
In the industry since the early 1980s, Andy Hunt is
one of the seventeen founders of the Agile Alliance, which launched the Agile Manifesto
and the agile movement. Andy is a programmer, consultant, author, publisher, and
co-founder of the Pragmatic Bookshelf. He co-authored the best-selling book,
The Pragmatic Programmer and five others, including the recent award-winning
Practices of an Agile Developer. At conferences and private corporations throughout
the US and Europe, Andy is a frequent speaker on topics ranging from software development
to management and cognition. When not working, Andy is an active musician composing,
recording, and playing trumpet, flugelhorn, and piano.
|
|
|
Skytap
John Janakiraman is the CTO of illumita, a startup
providing virtualization services and solutions. He previously led the Data Center
Architecture team at HP Labs, developing server virtualization, server architecture,
and energy-efficient data center technologies. Many of these innovations appear
in products including Xen, HP Dynamic Smart Cooling, and HP 9000 Superdome. John
has a Ph.D. in computer science from UCLA, holds several patents, and has authored
numerous publications.
|
|
|
Institute for Leadership Excellence & Development Inc.
Andy Kaufman helps people around the world become
better leaders so they can more reliably deliver results while having a life. He
is an international speaker and executive coach and president of the Institute for
Leadership Excellence & Development Inc. Andy is a certified Project Management
Professional (PMP)� and is the author of Navigating the Winds of Change:
Staying on Course in Business & in Life, How to Organize Your Inbox &
Get Rid of E-Mail Clutter, and Shining the Light on The Secret.
|
|
|
Korson Consulting
Tim Korson has a decade of experience working on a
large variety of systems developed using modern software engineering techniques.
This experience includes distributed, real-time, and embedded systems as well as
business information systems in an n-tier, client-server environment. Tim’s
typical involvement on a project is as a senior management consultant with additional
technical responsibilities to ensure high quality, robust test and quality assurance
processes and practices. He has authored numerous articles and co-authored the book
Object Technology Centers of Excellence.
|
|
|
Ascentium
A technical project manager with Ascentium Corporation,
Mitch Lacey has managed both plan-driven and agile projects during his ten-plus
year career. Mitch honed his agile skills at Microsoft Corporation, where he successfully
released large backend core services for Windows Live. He then transitioned roles
from program manager to agile coach, working hand-in-hand with other groups throughout
their transition to agile practices. Mitch is a registered Project Management Professional
(PMP)� and a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST).
|
|
|
Layman and Layman
A successful process improvement consultant, facilitator,
teacher, and coach with more than twenty-five years of experience in the high tech
sector, Beth Layman is an authority on measurement and process improvement. Her
wide-ranging experience includes commercial, government, aerospace, and product
software organizations. Beth provides training and interactive workshops, assessments,
management consulting, and coaching in areas such as process definition, management,
and improvement, software and performance measurement, project and portfolio management,
and software quality assurance. Beth is an SEI Authorized CMMI® Lead Appraiser
and is co-author of Practical Software Measurement: Objective Information for
Decision Makers.
|
|
|
LGC
Todd Little is a senior development manager for Landmark
Graphics Corporation. For more than twenty-five years, he has been involved in almost
all aspects of software development with a focus on commercial software applications.
Todd is on the Board of Directors for the Agile Alliance, a co-author of the
Declaration of Interdependence for Agile Project Leadership, and a founding member
and current president of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN). Todd is a
well-known speaker and writer on software engineering topics, including business
value, uncertainty, complexity, and leadership.
|
|
|
QSM Associates
Michael Mah is director of the Benchmarking Practice,
an author with the Cutter Consortium, and managing partner of QSM Associates, Inc.,
specializing in software measurement and project estimation. Michael has written
extensively and consulted with the world’s leading software organizations,
while collecting data on thousands of projects worldwide. Michael’s book-in-progress,
Optimal Friction, examines the dynamics of teams under time pressure and its
role in contributing to success and failure. He lives in the mountains of western
Massachusetts with his two young children. Michael can be reached at www.qsma.com.
|
|
|
Volt Information Sciences, Inc.
James McCaffrey manages technical training for software
engineers working at Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington. He has worked on
several Microsoft products, including Internet Explorer and MSN Search. James is
the author of .NET Test Automation Recipes and is a contributing editor of Microsoft's
MSDN Magazine. He holds a doctorate in Research Methodology from the University
of Southern California and an MS in Information Systems from Hawaii Pacific University.
James can be reached at [email protected].
|
|
|
Knowledge Bridge Partners
A business systems coach with more than a decade of
experience, Kent McDonald has successfully guided projects and designed business
solutions in the financial services, health insurance, performance marketing, human
services, non-profit, and automotive industries. His background includes delivering
data-intensive and Web-enabled application development projects that provide outstanding
business value. He has coached client staff to help teams reach project goals more
productively and effectively. Kent is a sought after speaker, writer, and coach
on project leadership, business analysis, and delivering business value through
projects. He is the current President of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN).
|
|
|
Next Level Consultants
Will McKnight is an experienced process improvement
specialist, who has worked on CMM®/CMMI®-based improvement programs in multinational
settings with a wide range of organization sizes, styles, and types of software.
He has more than twenty years of experience in all phases of the software development
life cycle. Will’s specialization in product development and management provides
him with a deep, “hands-on” understanding of what it takes to provide
practical guidance to organizations working to improve their processes. As an SEI-authorized
Lead Assessor for CMMI®, he has performed numerous appraisals.
|
|
|
Net Objectives
Rob Myers has over twenty years of professional experience
in software development, including projects for industry leaders in medical, aerospace,
and financial services. In the late 1990s, Rob became an eXtreme Programming coach
and traveled throughout the country assisting teams with agile software development
practices and object-oriented design techniques. Rob brings to the classroom his
passion for Lean software development, team development, and sane work environments.
He currently teaches Test-Driven Development and Refactoring, Effective .NET, and
a new Test-Driven ASP.NET course.
|
|
|
Microsoft
James Newkirk is the product unit manager for CodePlex,
Microsoft’s community open source project hosting site. He is the coauthor
of Better Software Development for Agile Teams and Test-Driven Development
in Microsoft .NET. Prior to joining Microsoft, James co-authored Enterprise
Solution Patterns Using Microsoft .NET and Extreme Programming in Practice.
In between writing books and consulting on software projects, James led the development
of NUnit V2.
|
|
|
ThoughtWorks
Dan North has been writing software for more than
fifteen years and is a principal consultant with ThoughtWorks. He spends his time
helping teams become more effective at delivering software and presents at conferences,
such as JAOO, Agile, and OOPSLA on topics ranging from learning theory to development
methodologies. He has published articles in the Java Developers' Journal,
Better Software magazine, CIO newsletters, and the DSDM Consortium.
|
|
|
Independent Consultant
For the past twelve years, Jeff Patton has designed
and developed software on a wide variety of projects from online aircraft parts
ordering to electronic medical records. A winner of the Agile Alliance's 2007 Gordon
Pask Award for contributions to agile development, Jeff has focused on agile approaches
since working on an early Extreme Programming team in 2000. He specializes in the
application of user-centered design techniques to improve agile requirements, planning,
and products. Some of Jeff’s recent writing on the subject can be found at
www.agileproductdesign.com.
Jeff’s forthcoming book gives tactical advice to those seeking to deliver
useful, usable, and valuable software.
|
|
|
Independent Consultant
Jeffery Payne is an independent consultant who helps
organizations improve the efficiency and quality of their software development processes.
Jeff co-founded Cigital, Inc., and was their CEO between 1992 and 2008 when it became
the leader in software security and quality solutions. He is a recognized software
expert and speaks to companies nationwide about the business risks of software failure.
Jeff is a frequent conference speaker and has testified before Congress on intellectual
property rights, cyber-terrorism, and software quality.
|
|
|
Accelinnova
An international collaborative leadership
expert, Pollyanna Pixton developed the models
for collaboration and collaborative leadership through her thirty-five years of
working inside and consulting with corporations and organizations. She helps companies
create workplaces where talent and innovation are unleashed—making them more
productive, efficient, and profitable. Pollyanna is a founding partner of Accelinnova,
president of Evolutionary Systems, director of the Institute for Collaborative Leadership,
and co-author of the forthcoming book, Stand Back and Deliver, A Leader's Guide
to the Agile Enterprise due out in November 2008. She co-founded the Agile Project
Leadership Network (APLN) and chaired the Agile 2006 Leadership Summits in London
and Minneapolis. Contact her at
[email protected].
|
|
|
International Software and Productivity Engineering Institute
Vladimir L Pavlov is the chairman and chief strategy
officer of the International Software and Productivity Engineering Institute (INTSPEI).
He founded INTSPEI (www.intspei.com)
to launch new software development methodologies resulting from his experiments
and research. A leading expert in software development, Vladimir has previously
served as director and/or CTO for top high-tech companies, including Intel and Microsoft,
in the US, Ukraine, Russia, and Poland. A frequent speaker at scientific and industrial
conferences, he has authored major publications on computer science and software
engineering.
|
|
|
Sierra’s Edge, Inc.
Nelson Perez is president of Sierra’s Edge,
Inc., an SEI Partner. Nelson received his initial process training at TRW’s
Defense Systems Group while Dr. Barry Boehm was its chief scientist. Boehm’s
spiral model inspired Nelson to try his hand at developing an iterative and incremental
component-based development methodology to turn around a $25MM Air Force program.
The lifecycle went from 36 to 17 months; defects uncovered during system testing
went from 6000 to 2, and the program went on to be voted one of the top five government
programs by a panel of experts. Nelson has been using agile techniques ever since.
|
|
|
Net Objectives
A fellow consultant with Net Objectives, Ken Pugh
([email protected]) consults, trains, mentors, and testifies on technology
topics ranging from object-oriented design to Linux/Unix to the system development
process. He has written several programming books, including the Jolt Award winner
Prefactoring and has served clients from London to Sydney. When not computing,
Ken enjoys snowboarding, windsurfing, biking, and hiking the Appalachian Trail.
|
|
|
6th Sense Analytics
Jared Richardson, co-author of Ship It! A Practical
Guide to Successful Software Projects, is a regular conference speaker and an agile
coach at 6th Sense Analytics. Jared has been in the industry for more than fifteen
years as a consultant, developer, tester, and manager. Until recently, he was an
independent consultant focused on helping teams build better software. He's now
bringing that same focus to 6th Sense Analytics and its clients, using both the
6th Sense toolset and his unique perspective. Jared can be found online at www.AgileArtisans.com
and www.6sa.com/blog.
|
|
|
JD Cognizant
Since 1990, Elle Ringham, JD, has been involved
in quality assurance and quality management. Since graduating from law school, she
has incorporated compliance, audit, SLA enforcement, and measurement into her QA
practice. Elle considers education, coupled with a structured process improvement,
to be the most effective way to introduce true quality assurance and quality management
into an organization. Her approach ensures buy-in and support from everyone—stakeholders,
executives, corporate counsel, developers, and QA resources.
|
|
|
Independent Consultant
Linda Rising has a Ph.D. from Arizona State University
in the field of object-based design metrics and a background that includes university
teaching and industry work in telecommunications, avionics, and strategic weapons
systems. An internationally known presenter on topics related to patterns, retrospectives,
and the change process, Linda is the author of Design Patterns in Communications,
The Pattern Almanac 2000, A Patterns Handbook, and co-author with Mary Lynn Manns
of Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas. Find more information
about Linda at
www.lindarising.org.
|
|
|
Agile Thinking Inc.
Chris Ronak has worked in management and as a programmer
in telecoms, banking, oil and gas, and GIS in Canada, US, Germany, and the UK for
more than eighteen years. He has worked with numerous technology departments that
have ambitiously and optimistically tried to acquire or change their technology—often
with undesirable results. Chris pursues the responsibility for implementing new
technologies and methodologies and has demonstrated the ability to translate these
changes into positive results.
|
|
|
Rally Software Development
Ronica Roth is an Agile coach and consultant with Rally Software.
Her 10-year software career is rooted in facilitating clear communication and close collaboration
across disciplines, resulting in software that more often met customer needs. She has extensive
experience discovering, evolving and managing software requirements, which provides Product Owner
expertise and a deep understanding of the customer side of Agile software development. Her passion
for helping people work together creatively and efficiently led her to embrace Agile practices. She
has guided many organizations�from small, private firms to large government agencies, from technology
companies to internal software development groups�through successful adoption of Agile principles and
best practices. Ronica is a Certified ScrumMaster-Practitioner and Certified JAD Facilitator.
|
|
|
Rothman Consulting Group
Johanna Rothman helps managers define and solve problems. She assists managers, teams, and organizations to become more effective. Johanna has helped engineering organizations, IT organizations, and startups hire technical people, manage projects, and release successful products faster. Johanna is the author of Manage It! Your Guide to Modern Pragmatic Project Management and Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People, and coauthor with Esther Derby of the pragmatic Behind Closed Doors, Secrets of Great Management. Johanna is a host and session leader at the Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) conference.
|
|
|
Net Objectives
Alan Shalloway is the founder and CEO of Net Objectives.
With more than thirty-five years of experience, Alan is an industry thought leader,
trainer, and coach in the areas of lean software development, the lean-agile connection,
Scrum, agile architecture, and using design patterns in agile environments. He is
a popular speaker at prestigious conferences worldwide as well as a trainer/coach.
Alan is the primary author of Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on
Object-Oriented Design and is currently writing a book on Lean Anti-Patterns.
|
|
|
Sliger Consulting
For the past eight years—of her more than twenty
years in software development—Michele Sliger has been embracing change with
agile methodologies. Coauthor of the forthcoming book The Software Project
Manager’s Bridge to Agility and a self-described “bridge builder,”
her passion lies in helping those in traditional software development environments
cross the bridge to agility. Michele consults to businesses ranging from small start-ups
to Fortune 500 companies, helping teams with their agile adoption and organizations
with the changes that agile adoption brings. A regular contributor to StickyMinds.com,
Michele is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)� and a Certified Scrum
Trainer (CST). She can be reached at
[email protected].
|
|
|
Symphony Services
Jerry Smith draws from more than twenty-five years
of experience as a technology innovator and IT strategist to help Symphony Services
and its clients derive business benefit from adopting critical technologies. He
has a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical/electronics engineering from California
State Polytechnic University, Masters and post-doctoral degrees in computer science
from NOVA Southeastern University, and a Naval nuclear power degree from the United
States Navy. Jerry is an adjunct assistant professor at Drexel University and an
adjunct professor at NOVA Southeastern University.
|
|
|
Agile Adaptive Management, Inc.
A senior management consultant in Park City, Utah,
David Spann focuses on strategic planning, team building, executive coaching, and
training to help organizations become more agile and adaptive. David helped host
the first Agile Software Development conference in 2002 and co-hosted the Agile
Executive Summit (2003-2005). He teaches the only MBA course on adaptive project
management in the US and is a Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) and an Assessor
for the CPF exam. In his spare time, David enjoys life—teaching, hiking, singing,
and skiing in Park City.
|
|
|
People Security
An expert on application security and testing, Herbert
(Hugh) Thompson is Chief Security Strategist at People Security (www.peoplesecurity.com).
He has co-authored several books and more than eighty academic and industrial publications
on security. In 2006, he was named one of the “Top 5 Most Influential Thinkers
in IT Security” by SC Magazine and was featured (along with Harri Hursti)
in “Hacking Democracy,” the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary on e-voting
vulnerabilities. On AT&T’s tech channel (techchannel.att.com), he currently
hosts “The Hugh Thompson Show,” which features industry luminaries in
IT security. Hugh earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Florida Institute
of Technology where he remains on the graduate faculty.
|
|
|
Rally Software Development
Jean Tabaka is an agile mentor and coach with Rally
Software Development. In addition to being a Certified Scrum Trainer and Practitioner,
she is also a Certified Professional Facilitator. Her unique blend of passions and
skills has been applied in a variety of organizations—large and small, co-located
and distributed—eager to adopt the best of agile and bring out the best in
their teams. Author of the Agile Software Development Series book Collaboration
Explained, Jean holds a Masters in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.
When not sharing her agile passion with clients, she resides in beautiful Boulder,
Colorado.
|
|
|
Codenomicon
Founder and CTO of Codenomicon, Ari Takanen has been
researching information security issues since 1998. His work aims to provide a means
of measuring and ensuring quality in networked software. Ari is one of the people
behind the PROTOS research that studied information security and reliability errors
in WAP, SNMP, LDAP, and SIP implementations. His company provides automated tools
with a systematic approach to test a multitude of interfaces on mission critical
software.
|
|
|
Microsoft
Principal test manager of the Microsoft OneNote team
in the Office division, Mike Tholfsen has been managing test teams for nine of the
thirteen years he has been at Microsoft. Mike has worked on many versions of Microsoft
Outlook, Exchange, and Outlook Web Access and has long been interested and involved
in the area of software team dynamics. From Bellingham, Washington, Mike enjoys
playing and writing music, skiing, and playing golf in his spare time.
|
|
|
Integrated Productivity Solutions, LLC
With more forty years of experience in software systems,
test, and software process engineering, Ed Weller is internationally recognized
as an expert in inspections, having successfully initiated inspection programs that
have stood the test of time. His primary interest has been in software process and
metrics with a focus on improving quality and productivity. Ed is an SEI-Certified
SCAMPI High Maturity Lead Appraiser and instructor for the Introduction to the CMMI®.
Ed has delivered numerous presentations and tutorials at conferences around the
world. Ed can be contacted via
[email protected].
|
|
|
The Westfall Team
Linda Westfall is the president of The Westfall Team,
which provides software engineering, quality and project management consulting,
and training services. Prior to starting her own company, Linda was senior manager
of quality metrics and analysis at DSC Communications, where her team designed and
implemented a corporate-wide metrics program. An ASQ Certified Software Quality
Engineer, Linda has more than thirty years of experience in real-time software engineering,
quality, and metrics. A past chair of the ASQ Software Division, Linda Westfall
has served as the Software Division’s Program Chair and Certification Chair
and on the ASQ National Certification Board.
|
|
|
Wirfs-Brock Associates
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, design columnist for IEEE Software,
is a well-known object practitioner who invented the way of thinking about objects
known as responsibility-driven design. Through her writing, teaching, consulting,
and speaking, Rebecca popularizes the use of informal techniques and practical thinking
tools for designers, architects, and analysts. She teaches courses on responsibility-driven
design, practical UML, developing and communicating software architecture, and agile
design skills. Rebecca regularly mentors teams on use case writing, design, architecture,
and managing incremental, iterative object-technology projects. Rebecca is the author
of Object Design: Roles, Responsibilities, and Collaboration.
|
|
|
CGI, Inc.
Jimmy Xu has many years of experience developing enterprise
applications for manufacturing, financial, and telecom clients. He has worked on
application security, performance tuning, network infrastructure, and security.
Jimmy designed and implemented the core functions of Canada's first Internet child
safety solution and presented a paper on Java application performance tuning at
the 2006 JavaOne Conference.
|
|
|
|