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KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS
Ed
Yourdon
Author
The
Impact of Web 2.0 on The Software Development Community
Ed
Yourdon is a software consultant in his own firm, NODRUOY
Inc., as well as co-founder and Senior Consultant of a
software research/analysis firm known as the Cutter
Consortium. He has worked in the software field for
approximately forty years, and has published 27
computer-related books and over 550 technical articles.
Yourdon has programmed, designed, and tested numerous software
applications and programmer-productivity products; has managed
numerous projects as a first-level project leader and also as
a senior IT executive; and has reviewed numerous software
development projects for clients during his consulting career.
Linda
Northrop
Director,
Product Line Systems Program, Software Engineering Institute
The
Role of Software Architecture in System Development and Evolution
Linda
Northrop has more than 35 years of experience in software
development as a practitioner, researcher, manager,
consultant, and educator. She currently is director of the
Product Line Systems Program at the SEI where she leads the
work in software architecture, software product lines, and
predictable software construction. Under her leadership, the
SEI has developed software architecture and product line
methods that are used worldwide, a series of five highly
acclaimed books, and software architecture and software
product line curricula. She recently led a year long study
including leaders in the software community to define
technical and social challenges to the creation of
ultra-large-scale systems that will evolve in the next
generation. The group published the study report,
Ultra-Large-Scale Systems: The Software Challenge of the
Future (ISBN 0-9786956-0-7).
Before
joining the SEI, she was associated with both the United
States Air Force Academy and the State University of New York
as professor of computer science, and with both Eastman Kodak
and IBM as a software engineer. As a private consultant, Linda
also worked for an assortment of companies covering a wide
range of software systems. She is a recipient of the Carnegie
Science Award of Excellence for Information Technology, the
New York State Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching,
and the ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award.
Linda
is a frequently invited speaker and has given keynotes most
recently at the International Conference on Software
Engineering (ISCE), the Object-Oriented Programming,
Languages, Systems, and Applications Conference (OOPSLA), the
International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE),
the Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training
(CSEET), the Australian Software Engineering Conference (ASWC),
the Aspect-Oriented System Development Conference (AOSD), the
Brazilian Software Engineering Conference, and the Intuit
Conference. She is coauthor of Software Product Lines:
Practices and Patterns.
She
chaired both the first and second international Software
Product Line Conferences (SPLC1 and SPLC2). She is a past
chair of the OOPSLA Steering Committee, was OOPSLA 2001
Conference Chair, and from 1993-2000 was a Computer Science
Accreditation Board (CSAB) commissioner. She is currently a
member of the AOSD Steering Committee, the Editorial Board of
Journal of Aspect-Oriented Software Development, the Advisory
Board for the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre (Lero),
the Clemson University Computer Science Industrial Advisory
Board, the ACM, and the IEEE Computer Society.
Dr.
Adam Kolawa
Co-founder
and CEO
Parasoft
Putting
the Engineering in Software Engineering: Technology Infrastructure
in Process Improvement
Dr. Adam Kolawa is the
co-founder and CEO of Parasoft, a leading provider of
Automated Error Prevention (AEP) software solutions. Kolawa's
years of experience with various software development
processes has resulted in his unique insight into the
high-tech industry and the uncanny ability to successfully
identify technology trends. As a result, he has orchestrated
the development of several successful commercial software
products to meet growing industry needs to improve software
quality - often before the trends have been widely accepted.
Kolawa, co-author of Bulletproofing Web Applications (Hungry
Minds 2001), has contributed to and written over 100
commentary pieces and technical articles for publications such
as The Wall Street Journal, CIO, Computerworld, Dr. Dobb's
Journal, and IEEE Computer; he has also authored numerous
scientific papers on physics and parallel processing. His
recent media engagements include CNN, CNBC, BBC, and NPR.
Kolawa holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the
California Institute of Technology, and has been granted ten
patents for his recent inventions. In 2001, Kolawa was awarded
the Los Angeles Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year
Award in the software category.
Dr. Kolawa is a co-author of
"Automated
Defect Prevention: Best Practices in Software Management",
John Wiley & Sons/IEEE Computer Society Press, September
2007.
TRACK
ONE: CMMI & PROCESS IMPROVEMENT I
John
L Voss
Senior
Manager
Accenture
EXECUTION
- the key to success! The Top 10 Steps for Achieving Successful
Institutionalization of Processes and Tools
Technology
and Business Leader with a strong focus on systems/software
process improvements within high technology, commercial and
defense avionics businesses. Possess a successful record of
leading and program managing enterprise-wide software process
consulting, CMMI based appraisals, process and tools
development and deployment, quantitative measurement, and in
improving organizational effectiveness. Recognized as an
effective communicator, trainer, and consultant to business
leadership and engineering teams. Demonstrated strong quality
process knowledge including ISO, AS-9100 and Six Sigma
methodologies.
Sharon
E. Miller
Process
Engineer
L3
Communications Command & Control Systems and Software/ILEX
Sector
Team
for Success: Process Engineering and Quality Assurance
Sharon Miller has over 40 years experience as a software
process engineer, leading numerous internal software process
assessments and ISO 9000 audits while with AT&T Bell
Laboratories. In her current capacity with L-3 Communications
Command & Control Systems and Software/ILEX Sector, she
leads internal process appraisals and participates as a lead
process engineer on the ILEX Engineering Process Group,
developing internal processes, managing their web-based
engineering processes, and maintaining their web-based
collaborative environment. Ms. Miller also supports the ILEX
process training program as a course developer and instructor
for a number of in-house courses. Ms. Miller is an ASQ
Certified Software Quality Engineer and a Certified Quality
Auditor.
Reinier
Olivier
PPQA
Manager
Nedbank Ltd
Extreme
Auditing: Application of extreme programming in Auditing. A
breakthrough in process experimentation in Nedbank
Reinier is currently the manager of the PPQA function in
Nedbank. He is a qualified CMMI instructor of the official
CMMI Introduction course and performs SCAMPI assessments. He
has played a key role in the implementation of CMMI at
maturity level 4 in the organisation. He has also worked as
Change Manager on a international assignment where he
implemented ITIL based Change Management and Release
Management processes and assisted with the implementation of
Configuration Management.
Amol
Tope
PPQA
Analyst
Nedbank Ltd
Extreme
Auditing: Application of extreme programming in Auditing. A
breakthrough in process experimentation in Nedbank
Amol is a consultant from a
CMMI level 5 Indian IT company and working with Nedbank since
2002. He holds South Africa top ranking in certified
information system auditor (CISA) for the year 2005. He is
also certified ITIL Mangers, PMP and holds Six Sigma Black
belt from Motorola University. Amol has undertaken various
improvement assignments in IT service as well as business
area; blending the Six Sigma methodology with other best
practice frameworks to achieve the breakthrough improvements.
Rolf
Reitzig
President
and Principal Consultant
cognence,
inc.
Work
On Your Engineering Business, Not In It.
Rolf W. Reitzig is the
president and founder of cognence, inc. cognence integrates
best practices, automation tools, and training to create a
repeatable and scalable engineering system that increases
productivity by 50% or more. The firm’s methodology employs
proven transformation techniques, creating the organizational
buy-in essential for lasting change.
Mr. Reitzig has 20 years
practical experience in software engineering and has helped
dozens of Fortune 500 companies improve quality, productivity
and project results. cognence is a Software Engineering
Institute (SEI) CMMI partner and Mr. Reitzig is a Resident
Affiliate assisting the SEI in communicating the return on
investment of CMMI efforts to the software development
community. Mr. Reitzig speaks regularly at international
conferences, seminars and user groups sponsored by the SEI as
well as software engineering automation tool providers like
IBM Rational and Serena. He also advises senior managers,
helping them understand the economics of process improvement
and its implications on organizational change. Mr. Reitzig
holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and an MBA in
Finance from the University of Colorado.
Barbara
A. Tyson
Senior
Member of the Technical Staff
Software Engineering Group
The
Last Phase in Process Change - Deployment
Dr. Tyson is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at
Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI).
She is experienced in developing and promulgating software
engineering processes and has expertise in organizational change
initiatives. At the SEI she is the course owner for the Introduction
to CMMI, v1.2 course and teaches the SEI Mastering Process
Improvement course. She has a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational
Systems and a M.S. degree in Computer Science.
TRACK
TWO: CMMI & PROCESS IMPROVEMENT II
Shane
McGraw
SPIN Coordinator
Software Engineering Institute
CMMI
on the Web v1.2
Shane McGraw is the SPIN Coordinator at the
SEI. He facilitates communications among SPIN leaders and assists in the start-up of the SPINs around the world. He also analyzes data collected, builds customer profiles, and disseminates information to teams within the SEI for technical interchange.
Deen Blash
SEI Membership Coordinator
Software
Engineering Institute
CMMI
on the Web v1.2
Deen Blash is the Membership Coordinator at the SEI. He has worked at the SEI for more than two years providing value added development and support of customer relationships and technology transition to the software community through the SEI’s e-mail response teams.
Ken
Dymond
Senior
Consultant
Process
Transition International, Inc
CMMI®
Maturity Levels, Not Acting Your Age and Erosion of Continuity -
Causes and Cures
Ken Dymond worked with Watts Humphrey (author of
Managing the Software Process) and other members of the
Software Engineering Institute’s Process Program developing
the SEI’s appraisal method now in use worldwide. He also led
SEI’s Industry Risk Management project and brought the
collaborative features of process assessment to systematic
risk identification. He holds a bachelor’s degree in
classical languages from Seton Hall University, a master’s
degree in computer science from George Washington University,
and is the author of the 1995 A Guide to the CMM®, translated
into 4 languages, the 2004 A Guide to the CMMI®, the
Assessment Coordinator’s Handbook, and of the 2007 A Guide
to the CMMI® 2nd Edition.
With over 30 years in software
engineering, process improvement, risk assessment, training
and action planning, he has provided process assessment and
improvement support for government agencies and major
companies in North America, Europe and Asia. He has given
talks and public tutorials on maturity models, process
improvement, and technology transfer on four continents.
His professional life is focused
on helping companies reduce rework and streamline production
with model-based improvement.
Vic
Nanda
Quality
Manager
Motoral
Using
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to Assess Risks to the
Global Enterprise due to Process/Application Changes
Vic is a Quality Manager at Motorola
with over 12 years experience in software quality assurance. He is
the author of the books - Quality Management System Handbook for
Product Development Companies, and ISO 9001 - Achieving Compliance
and Continuous Improvement in Software Development Companies. He is
a member of the Editorial Board of various quality publications. He
holds 6 professional quality certifications. Vic is a Senior Member
of ASQ and a Steering Committee member of the Philadelphia SPIN. He
was awarded ASQ’s Feigenbaum Medal for the year 2006.
Neil
Potter
Co-founder
The
Process Group
Documentation
Diet
Neil Potter is co-founder of The Process Group, a
software process improvement consultancy. He has 22 years experience
in software and process engineering. Neil is an SEI authorized lead
appraiser for SCAMPI appraisals, certified high-maturity appraiser,
Intro to CMMI instructor and Six Sigma Greenbelt. He has a B.Sc.
Computer Science from the University of Essex (UK) and is the
co-author of Making Process Improvement Work - A Concise Action
Guide for Software Managers and Practitioners, Addison-Wesley.
Craig
Hollenbach
Senior
System Engineer
Northrop
Grumman
CMMI-SVC
: Get Ready... Here it Comes
Craig R. Hollenbach is a Technical Fellow with Northrop
Grumman in McLean, VA. Hollenbach is the Northrop Grumman IT EASI
competitive excellence program manager. He currently manages the
CMMI for Service development team and chairs the Northrop Grumman
Information Technology sector's Continuous Improvement Group. He
co-authored the CMMI, v1.0 through v1.2. Hollenbach is also an
oboist with the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra, a Young Life volunteer,
and an avid but unfortunately novice rower.
Marilyn
Ginsberg-Finner
Senior
System Engineer
Northrop
Grumman
CMMI-SVC
: Get Ready… Here it Comes
Marilyn Ginsberg-Finner and James Blinn are CSQEs and
process consultants with Northrop Grumman at the US Army CECOM LCMC
Software Engineering Center. They have led and contributed to
successful appraisals under CMMI v1.1 and are working on migration
to v1.2.
James
Blinn
Senior
System Engineer
Northrop
Grumman
CMMI-SVC
: Get Ready… Here it Comes
Marilyn Ginsberg-Finner and James Blinn
are CSQEs and process consultants with Northrop Grumman at the US
Army CECOM LCMC Software Engineering Center. They have led and
contributed to successful appraisals under CMMI v1.1 and are working
on migration to v1.2.
Eileen
Forrester
Senior
System Engineer
Software
Engineering Institute
CMMI-SVC
: Get Ready… Here it Comes
Eileen
Forrester is a senior member of the technical staff in the
Software Engineering Process Management program at the SEI.
She is the co-chair of the International Process Research
Consortium and the SEI lead for the CMMI for Services.
Forrester is the developer of TransPlant, a
transition-planning process, and the editor of the IPRC
Process Research Framework. Her current research area is in
process-oriented approaches to service delivery, technology
change, risk management, and emergent system types. These
approaches include GAIT, the CMMI for Services, OCTAVE, MDA,
and multi-model improvement approaches such as Prime. She has
30 years of experience in technology transition, strategic
planning, process improvement, communication planning, and
managing product and non-profit organizations.
TRACK THREE: AGILE & GENERAL TOPICS
Chris
Sims
Founder
Technical
Management Institute
Agile
101: An Introduction and Overview
Chris Sims is a trainer, coach,
facilitator, consultant, coder, agile evangelist, and
all-around geek. He is the founder of the Technical Management
Institute, facilitator of the Bay Area Engineering Managers
Support Group, chair of the IEEE Technical Management Council
of Silicon Valley, and is on the board of BayAPLN, the Bay
Area chapter of the Agile Project Leadership Network. In the
past, Chris has made a living in roles such as: Engineering
Manager, Project Manager, C++ Developer, Band Leader, Bass
Player, and Auto Mechanic. Now, he enjoys teaching engineers
how to lead people, projects, and teams.
Jeff
Dalton
President
Broadsword
Solutions Corporation
Agile
CMMI: Supercharging process performance Using agile Methods
A CMMI Lead Appraiser, CMMI Instructor, and Agile
advocate, Jeff Dalton is a business owner, author, and consultant
with over twenty-five years of technology and software process
improvement experience working in agile, iterative and rapid
development environments. His software engineering and process
improvement career spans over two decades with several companies
including Hewlett-Packard, Ernst & Young, and RL Polk where he
served as Director of IT Re-Engineering & Quality. His
experience includes the extensive use of the CMMI, Six Sigma, and
ISO9001 as frameworks for software process improvement. The roles
led to the CMMI authorizations he holds today and the launching of a
Process Innovation consulting firm, Broadsword, in late 2004.
Broadsword is a global company whose clients include NASA, the
Department of Defense, Chrysler, Ford, Fuji Film, SAIC, Johnson
Controls, and a large number of DOD Aerospace contract firms. His
upcoming book, “Agile CMMI” will be released on Auerbach
Publications later this year. Jeff lives in Michigan with his
family, is an instrument-rated pilot and experimental airplane
builder, and is active on several boards including the Interlochen
Center for the Arts, the Great Lakes SPIN, and the Detroit chapter
of SIM (Society of Information Management).
Stephen
Gristock
V.P.
Retail Technology
JPMorganChase
/ Independent Consultant
Mixing
Oil With Water (CMMI meets eXtreme Programming)
Gristock is an
authorized SCAMPI Lead Appraiser (having led in excess of 80 CMM/CMMI
assessments), Introduction To CMMI Trainer and PMI PMP. He also
serves as a member on both the SEI's CMMI Change Control Board and
the PMI's OPM3 Development Team. He has led several successful CMM/CMMI
based corporate initiatives and has provided process improvement
consulting services in Europe, Asia and North America. He is
currently managing a major process improvement initiative at
JPMorganChase.
Steve
Orlich
QA
Manager
Minitab
Inc.
Using
Automated Frameworks to Facilitate Early and Frequent Testing
Steve
is currently a QA Manager at Minitab, Inc. with 9 years of
experience in software testing. His past experiences include
participating in the design and testing of new statistical
features and leading software testing teams. Currently, he is
focused on facilitating the development and improvement of
software testing methods, processes, and procedures. He
received his BS in Psychology, a BS in Statistics, and a MA in
Statistics from Penn State University.
Denise
Chester
Senior
QA Software Engineer
Minitab
Inc.
Using
Automated Frameworks to Facilitate Early and Frequent Testing
Denise
is a software engineer with 17 years experience developing
software for the defense and commercial software industries.
Her past experiences include development of 3D graphics and
modeling software, simulation tools and user interface
applications. Currently Denise is a Senior QA Software
Engineer at Minitab, Inc. developing test automation
frameworks and tools.
Richard
Horwitz
Manager
BearingPoint
An
introduction to ITIL V3 and its impact on software processes
Richard
Horwitz is a Manager within BearingPoint's Infrastructure
Solutions practice. He has over 20 years of experience in the
IT field, the last several of which have been focused on IT
Governance, IT Strategy and Process Improvement. Richard has
extensive Services Management experience and holds a Masters
Degree in Information Systems from Stevens Institute of
Technology.
TRACK
FOUR: MEASUREMENTS, ESTIMATION & GENERAL TOPICS
Diane
Mizukami-Williams
Northrop
Grumman Mission Systems Systems/Software Engineering Process
Group
Northrop
Grumman Corporation
Analyzing
Defects Can Tell a LOT About a Company
Diane
worked for Northrop Grumman for 30 years. For the past 9 years
she was responsible for Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
policies, standard processes, tailoring, training, templates,
and other process-related assets. Northrop Grumman Mission
Systems, which is an organization of 19,000 employees,
completed over 100 CMMI Level 3 SCAMPI A appraisals and over
30 CMMI Level 5 SCAMPI A appraisals. Diane is also a CMMI
assessor, ISO-9001/AS9100 lead assessor, Six Sigma Black Belt,
and Six Sigma Green Belt instructor..
Michael
Harris
President
David
Consulting Group
How
can we measure the value of IT?
Michael Harris has over 25 years
of varied management experience in the IT field including
periods in R&D, development, production, business and
academia. Before becoming President of the David Consulting
Group in 2006, Mr. Harris was a key technology executive at
Fidelity Information Services, Sanchez Computer Associates and
MasterCard International. He is a co-author of “The Business
Value of IT” (Auerbach, 2008) with David Herron and Stasia
Iwanicki.
Arlene
F. Minkiewicz
Chief
Scientist
PRICE
Systems,LLC
The
Evolution of Software Size : A Search for Value
Ms. Minkiewicz is the Chief
Scientist at PRICE Systems LLC. In this role she leads the
Cost Research activity for the entire suite of cost estimating
products that PRICE provides.
Ms. Minkiewicz has over 23
years of experience with PRICE building cost models. Her
recent accomplishments include the development of new cost
estimating models for Information Technology projects. She has
published many articles on software measurement and
estimation. She frequently presents her research at industry
forums.
Kenneth
R. van Wyk
President and Principal Consultant
KRvW
Associates, LLC
Secure
SDLCs Compared
Kenneth R. van Wyk is an
internationally recognized information security expert and
author of the O’Reilly and Associates books, Incident
Response and Secure Coding. In addition to providing
consulting and training services through his company, KRvW
Associates, LLC, he currently holds numerous positions:
Founder and moderator of the “Secure Coding” mailing list,
Member of the Board of Directors and Steering Committee for
non-profit organization, FIRST.org, Inc, monthly columnist for
on-line security portal, eSecurityPlanet, and a Visiting
Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering
Institute.
Ken has 20+ years experience as an IT
Security practitioner in the academic, military, and
commercial sectors. He has held senior and executive
technologist positions at Tekmark, Para-Protect, Science
Applications International Corporation (SAIC), in addition to
the U.S. Department of Defense and Carnegie Mellon and Lehigh
Universities. Ken also served a two-year elected position as a
member of the Steering Committee, and a one-year elected
position as the Chairman of the Steering Committee, for the
Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST)
organization. At Carnegie Mellon University’s Software
Engineering Institute, Ken was one of the founders of the
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT®). He holds an
engineering degree from Lehigh University and is a frequent
speaker at technical conferences, and has presented tutorials
and technical sessions CSI, ISF, USENIX, FIRST, AusCERT, and
others. Ken is also a CERT® Certified Computer Security
Incident Handler.
Neeraj
Katare & Dr.Prasad Chitimalla
Consultant
Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd
Design
of IT Release Management Process using Blended DMAIC & DFSS
Methodology
A
business process & IT process transformation consultant
and a Senior Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS). With more than 14 years of
experience with Lean Six Sigma deployments in various industry
verticals and ITIL implementation for IT division for various
fortune 500 MNC organizations in USA.
Dr.Prasad
Chitimalla
Associate
Consultant
Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd
Design
of IT Release Management Process using Blended DMAIC & DFSS
Methodology
A
certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and a Process
Consultant specialized in IT process domain. He works for Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd.
TRACK
FIVE: ORGANIZATIONS & PEOPLE, AND GENERAL TOPICS
William C McKnight
Managing Director
Next Level Consultants LLC
Organizational
Change Management (OCM) the missing PA (Process Area)
Will McKnight has a Bachelors degree in Computer
Engineering Technology, a Masters in Psychology, and is currently a
Doctoral candidate in Organizational Psychology at Capella
University. He is an authorized CMMI Lead Appraiser, an Introduction
to CMMI Instructor, as well as certified Project Management
Professional.
Will has over 25 years
experience in software development, the last 15 devoted to
project management and process improvement. Will was the Vice
President responsible for process improvement efforts at ADP
Brokerage and is currently the founder and Managing Director
of Next Level Consultants.
Rob Donnellan
Managing Consultant
Q/P Management Group
From
Grass Roots to Executive Enthusiasm - The Inside Job of Selling CMMI
Rob Donnellan, a senior-level management consultant with Q/P
Management Group, has over 28 years of IT experience. He
tackles challenges such as the CMMI, measurement, IT
Governance, IT Portfolio Management, IT diagnostics, and
outsourcing. Rob received a B.A. from the University of
Connecticut, and an M.S. in Computer Science from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute. He has presented to numerous groups
including APQC, PMI, SPIN, SIM, IQPC, IFPUG, the Balanced
Scorecard Collaborative, and the Australian Computer Society.
John
H. Maher, Jr.
President,
Chief Implementation Architect
Organization & Process Improvement, Inc.
Improvement
in Four Dimensions
John
Maher was a thought leader throughout the ten years he served
at the SEI. He started the SEI’s consulting practice in
organizational change, authored the Managing Technological
Change, Consulting Skills, and Team Training courses, and
helped develop the IDEAL model. He specializes in
results-based implementation in organizations. As well as
holding SCAMPI and Intro. to CMMI authorizations, John served
last year as the inaugural Chair of the SEI Partner Network
Advisory Board.
Joseph
N Frisina
Manager,
Advanced Technology
BAE Systems
Test
Driven Architecture
Joseph N Frisina is the Manager of
Advanced Software Technology in BAE SYSTEMS Network Systems.
He is responsible for developing the software on Advanced
Communication Systems. He was the software architect for the
LINK-16 (JTIDS/MIDS), and the AN/ASN-128B Doppler Navigation
Software. Recently, Joe was a co-developer of BAE Systems
ASCEND methodology, which is a tailored agile software
development method with elements of eXtreme Programming (XP),
Design Patterns, and Open Source based extensible developer’s
toolsets.
Alice
C Brown
Senior
Software Quality Engineer
Haemonetics,
Inc.
Importance
of Traceability to Design for White Box Testing
Alice Brown is a Senior Software Quality
Engineer with 42 years of software engineering and SPI leadership
work. She is a CDP and has a Master’s Degree in Math and graduate
work in computer science. She has created requirements and design
for military, business and medical device companies, developing
systems for NASA, NSA and the DoD, as well as for banks and
hospitals..
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