Bill Smith

Current

CEO at Leading Edge Process Consultants

Past

Senior Consultant at Systems and Software Consortium
Senior Process Improvement Consultant at Bloodworth Integrated Technology
Senior Consultant at Abacus Technology

Advanced Systems Engineer at EDS
Project Manager/Technical Lead at Computer Based Systems
Scientific Consultant at Metron
Associate Programmer at IBM

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Education

University of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University
Shenango High School

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Bill Smith’s Summary

My company, Leading Edge Process Consultants, is a Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Partner organization, specializing in CMMI-based process improvement consulting and training services.

I conduct public SEI Introduction to CMMI (CMMI-DEV) training on a regular basis at my state-of-the-art facility in Reston, Virginia. I've taught this course more than 35 times to over 600 students nationwide, and I average a 4.9 instructor rating. My students love my approach to the course, due largely to my use of real-world examples and personal anecdotes - delivered in an engaging style sprinkled with a dash of humor. I also teach the one-day SEI Services Supplement for CMMI (CMMI-SVC).

I've traveled to over 20 client sites to teach the Introduction to CMMI at their facilities. Previous customers include the Department of Homeland Security, AT&T, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.

Consulting? I do that as well. My "bandwidth" is limited, so I evaluate potential consulting engagements on a case-by-case basis. I limit myself to one or two customers at a time, to help keep my quality of service high.

I look forward to hearing from you, or perhaps seeing you or one of your valued colleagues in my class!

Bill Smith’s Specialties:

CMMI, training, SEI-authorized Introduction to CMMI course delivery, process improvement, consulting, software engineering, quality assurance, project management, outside-the-box thinking

Bill Smith’s Experience

CEO

Leading Edge Process Consultants

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2007 — Present (2 years )

Chief executive of a small, Washington DC-area process improvement training, appraisal, and consulting firm. Known for his hands-on, people-friendly style, as well as his entertaining delivery training -- especially the SEI's authorized three-day Introduction to CMMI course.
Senior Consultant

Systems and Software Consortium

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2002 — December 2007 (5 years 5 months)

Process improvement consultant specializing in CMMI. Assisted several companies with attainment of SEI CMMI maturity level ratings, served on several formal appraisal teams, led multiple assessments, and taught classes in a variety of software engineering topics.

Authorized SEI Introduction to CMMI Instructor. Taught Intro to CMMI 26 times to over 450 students at companies including AT&T, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, ITT, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. Consistently high student ratings.
Senior Process Improvement Consultant

Bloodworth Integrated Technology

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

2000 — 2002 (2 years )

Led verification and validation activities for a CMM Level 4 organization, developed assessor certification exam for System Security Engineering CMM (SSE-CMM), chaired Business Process Engineering Group, served as organizational quality manager, participated in process improvement initiatives for three FAA organizations.
Senior Consultant

Abacus Technology

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1997 — 2000 (3 years )

Managed SQA operations of an 80-person software development program, managed five analysts in conducting an independent verification and validation (IV&V) effort to assess Year 2000 compliance for over 90 mission-critical systems, independently assessed and monitored the software development processes used by a big-city public transportation system, developed metrics to assist a large company in its efforts to be assessed at CMM Level 3.
Advanced Systems Engineer

EDS

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EDS; Information Technology and Services industry)

1994 — 1997 (3 years )

Performed IV&V for a U.S. government agency, performed software CM activities for multiple systems being developed by a major telecommunications company while also managing five systems engineers, coded using C and SQL, directed configuration management activities for a global calling card effort, developed computer/human interface (CHI) requirements and evaluated COTS for special needs users of a system being developed for a government client.
Project Manager/Technical Lead

Computer Based Systems

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1990 — 1993 (3 years )

Project manager, technical lead, programmer.
Scientific Consultant

Metron

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1986 — 1990 (4 years )

Programming, mathematical prototypes.
Associate Programmer

IBM

(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

1985 — 1986 (1 year )

Artificial intelligence programmer.

Bill Smith’s Education

University of Pittsburgh

MS , Information Science , 1983 — 1984

Information Systems Specialist track. Awarded full-tuition Graduate Student Assistantship. Monitored computer lab, assisted professors with grading and coursework.
Carnegie Mellon University

BS , Applied Mathematics , 1979 — 1983

Operations Research and Industrial Administration track. Attended school on partial scholarship.

Activities and Societies:

Phi Kappa Theta fraternity - social chairman, rush chairman.
Shenango High School