Biography

Al holds a MScEE degree from the University of California (Santa Barbara). He lives in Del Mar, California with his wife Corinne. Al has had a variety of roles with software engineering companies:

• Software designer for compilers, operating systems, and computer applications.
• Software programmer (firmware, low-level, high-level) for a variety of utilities, compilers, operating systems, and computer applications).
• Software development manager for compilers, firmware, telecommunications projects, and computer applications.
• Project manager for computer application project.Configuration manager for DoD contracting companies.
• Quality director for a small DoD contracting company.
• Software Quality Manager for a commercial company.
• Lead Process person for several SEPGs.
• Training manager.
• Internal ISO 9001 Auditor.
• Internal SW-CMM assessor.

Al has over 25 years experience in the process field and has written two books called “Defining and Deploying Software Processes” (ISBN 0-8493-9845-2) and "Process-Based Software Project Management" (ISBN 0-8493-7304-2).

In addition, he:

• Has been past president of the San Diego chapter of the Society for Software Quality (SSQ) for two years
• Taught computer-related courseware at West Coast University and National University in San Diego at the undergraduate and graduate levels
• Has California teaching credentials for engineering topics at the college level
• Taught a UCSD Extension course on "Software Project Management using Process: A Non-Traditional Approach" and used his second book as the text book for this professional course
• Has been a technical reviewer for the IEEE Software magazine

• San Diego Society for Software Quality (SSQ) - May. 2009 "Achieving High Software Compliance and Quality"
• 11th. IT Infrastructure Qualification & Application Validation Conference workshop - San Diego March 11-14. 2008 "The Process Foundation Connection to Effective IT Regulatory Compliance"
• 9th. Software Design for Medical Devices Conference - San Diego Nov. 27-29, 2007 "Achieving a Software Development 'Slam-Dunk' for FDA Compliance with the Right Process Architecture Foundation"
• San Diego International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) full day tutorial - Sep. 8, 2007
• San Diego Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) - July 2007 "Why a Correct Process Architecture Matters for Systems/Software Development Operations"
• San Diego Society for Software Quality (SSQ) - Mar. 2007 "Achieving a Software Development Slam-dunk for FDA/CMMI/ISO 9001 Compliance"
• San Diego Society for Software Quality (SSQ) - Oct. 2006 "Effective Software Development Operations through Process"
• San Diego Management Institute (PMI) full day tutorial - Aug 19, 2006
• San Diego Society for Software Quality (SSQ) - Feb. 2006 "Addressing the big "Q" of Software Quality"
• San Diego Society for Software Quality (SSQ) - Aug. 2005 "Addressing SQA & SCM Directly with your Process Architecture"
• San Diego Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) - May 2005 "The Case for Connecting Process to the Real World"
• San Diego Society for Software Quality (SSQ) - June 2002 "Connecting Process to the Real World"
• San Diego Society for Software Quality (SSQ) - June 1999 "An Object-Oriented Process Approach for Business Success"