Entrepreneur
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Entrepreneur
Washington D.C. Metro Area
I am a published author for multiple online publications including IBM’s DeveloperWorks, InfoQ, and Oreilly’s ONJava, Dev2Dev, and ONLamp portals; additionally, I am the co-author of “Java Testing Patterns” published by Wiley in September 2004. I am also a co-author for Addison-Wesley's "Continuous Integration" and Manning's "Groovy in Action"; I am a frequent speaker at conferences as well as a speaker for the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium group.
(Computer Software industry)
March 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 7 months)
As President, I led the business and technology strategy for Stelligent. My primary responsibilities included the strategic development of Stelligent’s services and in accelerating Stelligent's position as a leader in the field of software quality.
My interest in building quality into software with technologies that lower software bug counts, reduce integration and testing times, and improve overall code stability led me to found Vanward Technologies in 2001. Vanward was acquired by JNetDirect in 2005 and was renamed to Stelligent in 2006.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2001 — March 2006 (4 years 5 months)
Vanward Technologies specializes in empowering organizations engaged in software development with Automated Unit, Component, and System Testing Frameworks which effectively lower bug counts, stabilize code bases, and decrease integration times. Our tool set discovers bugs early in the development process when they are far less expensive to repair; consequently, software can be delivered on time with fewer bugs and more features. In fact, we've found that companies can save up to 1,600% in costs per bug discovered and repaired early in the development process. For one of our clients that yielded a savings of over $3,000 per bug!
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 1999 — November 2001 (2 years 7 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PHG; Consumer Electronics industry)
May 1998 — May 1999 (1 year 1 month)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1997 — May 1998 (1 year 5 months)
Cooley Godward, Comerica Bank, Ernst & Young Mindshare CEO training program graduate – 2005