Professor of Software Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology and Owner, lawyer / writer / testing consultant
Melbourne, Florida Area
- Current
-
- Executive Vice-President at Association for Software Testing
- Professor of Software Engineering / Director of the Center for Software Testing Education & Research at Florida Institute of Technology
- Proprietor at kaner.com
- Past
-
- Attorney at Law Office of Cem Kaner (Sole Proprietorship)
- Deputy District Attorney (Full-time volunteer) at Office of the District Attorney, County of Santa Clara
- Director of Documentation & Software Testing; Software Development Mgr; Documentation Group Mgr at Power Up Software
- Director of Documentation & Software Testing; Software Development Mgr; Documentation Group Mgr at Spinnaker Software
- Sales at Egghead Software
- Software Test Manager, Creativity Division at Electronic Arts
- Human Factors Analyst / Software Engineer at Telenova
- Associate, then Senior Associate at Psylomar (now Community at Work)
- Software Testing Supervisor / Testing Technology Team Leader at WordStar
- Owner trainee at Kaners Ltd., 1+1 Ltd.
- Education
-
- Golden Gate University School of Law
- McMaster University
- York University
- Brock University
- University of Windsor
- Recommended
-
4 people have recommended Cem - Connections
-
156
connections
- Industry
- Computer Software
- Websites
Cem Kaner’s Summary
Ph.D. Human Experimental Psychology, J.D. (law degree), member of the American Law Institute.
Senior author of TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE (best seller in the field), LESSONS LEARNED IN SOFTWARE TESTING, and BAD SOFTWARE: WHAT TO DO WHEN SOFTWARE FAILS.
Currently, Director of the Center for Software Testing Education & Research.
For more about me, see www.kaner.com.
Cem Kaner’s Specialties:
Software testing, computer law, software metrics, technical writing, outsourcing
Cem Kaner’s Experience
-
Executive Vice-President
Association for Software Testing
(Computer Software industry)
August 2003 — Present (5 years 3 months)
Founding member of the Association and of its Board of Directors
-
Professor of Software Engineering / Director of the Center for Software Testing Education & Research
Florida Institute of Technology
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2000 — Present (8 years 3 months)
I head a research group whose mission is to create effective, grounded, timely materials to support the teaching and self-study of software testing, software reliability, and quality-related software metrics. I teach courses on software testing, empirical research methods, software metrics, computer law and ethics, and test-first-programming. I also do legal research involving computer law and employment law.
-
Proprietor
kaner.com
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
January 1984 — Present (24 years 10 months)
Software development consulting and teaching. Some of my previous clients: Avid Technologies, Aveo, Barra, BEA Systems, BMC, Broderbund Software, Catalysis, CDI, Cognos, Compaq, Discreet (Autodesk), Fenwick & West, Fonix, Gilbarco, Hammer Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, IDTS, Intel, Iomega, Kodak, Learning Company, Metamor (Vanteon, Turning Point Software), Microsoft, MyTurn.com, New Paradigms, Oracle / Network Computer (now Liberate Technologies), OrCAD, Parametric Technologies, Peoplesoft, Postalsoft, PowerQuest, Quarterdeck, Reliable Software Technologies (now Cigital), Rational (now IBM), Safeco, Satisfice, ShareData (now E-Trade), Software AG, Software Quality Engineering, Software Test Labs, Stevedoring Services of America, Symantec, Testing Testing 123, the WELL, and Wind River.
I currently accept a few consulting and onsite teaching assignments, typically for members of the Center for Software Testing Education, or favored clients of www.satisfice.com. -
Attorney
Law Office of Cem Kaner (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Law Practice industry)
January 1994 — January 2001 (7 years 1 month)
Attorney, focused on computer-related law, employment law, and author law. Elected to the American Law Institute in 1999. Extensive participation in the drafting of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (as an advocate for customers and small software development firms), the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the proposed revision to Uniform Commercial Code, Article 2 (law of sales of goods). From 1996 to mid-2000, this work (including the associated research, writing and speaking) took about 1/3 of my time, on a pro bono (unpaid volunteer) basis. Also participated in the United States' Department of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law: Study Group on Electronic Commerce (1997 - 1998). Currently on the ALI's Members Consultative Group for the Restatement of Employment Law.
-
Deputy District Attorney (Full-time volunteer)
Office of the District Attorney, County of Santa Clara
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Law Practice industry)
April 1994 — July 1994 (4 months)
Prosecuted criminals. Handled 135 misdemeanor cases including 5 trials.
-
Director of Documentation & Software Testing; Software Development Mgr; Documentation Group Mgr
Power Up Software
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1989 — February 1994 (5 years 2 months)
Managed the development of several consumer software products and assisted (by managing user documentation and testing service groups) in the development of many others. As Director, I managed 2/3 of the product development department's staff. My documentation staff (writers) and I won awards from the Society for Technical Communication.
-
Director of Documentation & Software Testing; Software Development Mgr; Documentation Group Mgr
Spinnaker Software
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year)
This is the same as the Power Up Software position. Spinnaker bought Power Up, so I was on Spinnaker payroll for a while, while working at Power Up. I list it separately to facilitate searching.
-
Sales
Egghead Software
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 1989 — July 1989 (6 months)
Sold software to consumers and small businesses, on a part-time basis. I did this in parallel with my work as Software Development Manager at Power Up Software, to gain insight into my products' market (retail salespersons and end customers).
-
Software Test Manager, Creativity Division
Electronic Arts
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1988 — November 1988 (11 months)
I managed the test group at EA's Creativity Division until the Division closed. Our division created products like Deluxe Paint, Studio 8, and Deluxe Video. Received the Creativity Award and the Star Performer Award.
-
Human Factors Analyst / Software Engineer
Telenova
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
October 1984 — January 1988 (3 years 4 months)
Telenova made an integrated (Voice/Data) digital PBX with a 2x40 LCD display that provided a context-driven menu to 108 voice features and 110 data features, plus extensive online help and an integrated voice messaging system. Back then, this was leading edge stuff. I was one of the designers of the station sets' user interface and led the research for the design of the operator's console. I did user interface design, human factors research, and programming of the station sets' user interface. For a few months, I also led Telenova's software test group.
-
Associate, then Senior Associate
Psylomar (now Community at Work)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
June 1983 — July 1985 (2 years 2 months)
Part-time, provided services to this organization development consulting firm while they trained me in consensus-based decision-making, meeting management, and analysis of corporate culture. I've taken related semester-length courses. This has been strong background for mediation and other negotiated conflict resolution.
-
Software Testing Supervisor / Testing Technology Team Leader
WordStar
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 1983 — September 1984 (1 year 4 months)
Led the testing of several office productivity products, including InfoStar, CorrectStar, and many OEM ports. Supervised the relationships between WordStar and its external test labs. Received the Vice-President's Award.
(This company was actually called MicroPro International Corp. when I was there, but changed its name to WordStar, which is the name most people know.) -
Owner trainee
Kaners Ltd., 1+1 Ltd.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Retail industry)
June 1966 — April 1983 (16 years 11 months)
Raised to take over my parents' chains of clothing stores, I learned about business early in life. Working full- and part-time from age 13, I was an inventory systems analyst, store manager, assistant manager, salesperson, warehouseperson, cashier, and (pre-1966) store mascot.
Cem Kaner’s Education
-
Golden Gate University School of Law
J.D., law degree, August 1989 — January 1994
I went to school at night, at what I considered the best evening law school in the San Francisco Bay Area. Full time study was not an option--I had responsibilities, such as child support and saving for her college education. So in parallel with GGU, I worked full-time at Power Up Software (with up to 35 direct reports), took courses in tech pubs and tech pubs management so that I could manage tech writers more effectively, wrote the 2nd edition of Testing Computer Software, got certified in quality engineering by the American Society for Quality.
- Activities and Societies:
- Full tuition scholarship, graduated in top 3% of the class
-
McMaster University
Ph.D., Human Experimental Psychology, August 1976 — October 1983
Ph.D. research in human experimental psychology, including perceptual measurement, concept formation, neurophysiology of learning and perception, and supporting mathematics. I also did extensive real-time and mathematical programming, and published programming articles in magazines that were picking up the microcomputer revolution, such as Micro and Compute. The new, cheap computers held the promise of becoming social equalizers, enabling new forms of research, education, and communication that any person could afford. Making these easier, more fun, and more trustworthy became the focus of my career.
- Activities and Societies:
- Scholarships from the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council, and from the Ontario Government.
I taught courses in Perception and was a teaching assistant for courses in Statistics, Cognition (and probably some others--it's been a long time.)
-
York University
Psychology August 1975 — August 1976
- Activities and Societies:
- Research Assistant for Dr. Hiroshi Ono, studying math models of the geometry of vision (Summer, 1976)
-
Brock University
B.A., Arts & Sciences (mainly Math, Philosophy), June 1970 — May 1974
I attended Brock for 2 years. My "real" undergraduate education encompassed Brock (70/71), Windsor (71/72), Brock (73/74), and York (75/76), with studies primarily in math, philosophy, psychology. I took time off to work, so that I could afford to go to school.
- Activities and Societies:
- Member of the University Senate,
Ombudsman
-
University of Windsor
Mathematics, Philosophy June 1971 — July 1972
Additional Information
Cem Kaner’s Websites:
Cem Kaner’s Interests:
Commercial law Consumer protection Software quality
Cem Kaner’s Groups:
American Bar Association
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
American Society for Quality
Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Software Testing
California State Bar
Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers
National Defense Industrial Association
National Writers Union
Software Support Professionals Association
-
Association for Software Testing -
Toronto Workshop on Software Testing (TWST) -
Florida Institute of Technology College of Business (Alumni, Current Students & Faculty)
Cem Kaner’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
