Walter Bodwell

Current

• Vice President at Agile Austin
• CEO at Planigle, LLC

Past

• Senior Director - Product Line at BMC Software
• Vice President, Software Development at Evity
• Director, Development at ObjectSpace

• Research Engineer at EDS
• Intern at Texas Instruments

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Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

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Industry

Computer Software

Walter Bodwell’s Summary

Software Executive with a record of delivering solutions with superior business results. Extensive software industry experience in both startups and large companies. Strong problem solving ability with expertise in leading global teams across multiple continents. Superior technical background including system architecture, objected-oriented design and multiple application servers and databases. Results driven with a passion for success.

Walter Bodwell’s Experience

• Vice President

  Agile Austin

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

• CEO

  Planigle, LLC

  (Computer Software industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Provided consulting, training and tools to help teams adopt and get the most out of agile development practices.
  
  Introduced agile practices into a new division at a large enterprise resulting in more focused goals, better coordination and reduction of much waste in their processes.
  
  Established development processes and practices in two different startups resulting in increased focus and quality.
  
  Created an agile project management tool to facilitate teams in their adoption of agile practices.

• Senior Director - Product Line

  BMC Software

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; BMC; Computer Software industry)

  April 2000 — March 2008 (8 years )

  Directed Service Impact and Event Management product line that generated $55 million in annual revenue. Established flagship BMC Performance Manager product. Guided SiteAngel (a SaaS based website monitoring tool) through corporate culture after acquisition.
  
  Led adoption of agile practices, resulting in higher productivity, improved quality, predictable releases and increased customer satisfaction.
  
  Integrated ProactiveNet acquisition, increasing sales to new and existing customers.
  
  Created and implemented strategic initiatives to merge user interfaces and point products into a single, well-designed solution.
  
  Hired team, developed and deployed PATROL Express as SaaS for remotely monitoring infrastructure (growing revenue to $10 million and reducing expense to the point of profitability).
  
  Twice awarded R&D Distinguished Performance Award.
  
  Honored by Application Development Trends magazine with Application Engineering Team Innovator Award.

• Vice President, Software Development

  Evity

  (Computer Software industry)

  July 1999 — April 2000 (10 months)

  Led the development and architecture of SiteAngel.
  
  Innovated key underlying technology behind SiteAngel, resulting in multiple patents.
  
  Delivered beta of first version within four months and released within six months.
  
  Successfully introduced solution to BMC software as a $100 million acquisition.

• Director, Development

  ObjectSpace

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  November 1994 — July 1999 (4 years 9 months)

  Oversaw the development of multiple products including a J2EE application server, a repository for software component reuse and a tool to collect software metrics. Consulted on a variety of client engagements including banking software, a paging system and an invoicing system.

• Research Engineer

  EDS

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

  May 1991 — November 1994 (3 years 7 months)

  Completed advanced training program in software development (including topics, such as object-oriented development) in a fast paced, project oriented environment. Developed an application used by management consultants on their engagements.

• Intern

  Texas Instruments

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TXN; Semiconductors industry)

  May 1990 — December 1990 (8 months)

  Developed a math library for use with compilers for microprocessors. Ported debugger to multiple platforms.

Walter Bodwell’s Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  BS , Computer Science , 1988 — 1991