Henry Schneider

Current

• President and Senior Principal Consultant at Process and Product Quality Consulting

Past

• Principal Consultant at Borland
• Director, Process Improvement at TeraQuest
• Partner at Technology and Process Consulting

• Consultant at independent consulting (Self-employed)
• Instructor at Data Tech Institute
• Quality Assurance Specialist at ADAC Healthcare Information Systems
• Manager of Systems and Procedures at Futuresoft
• Instructor at Houston Community College
• Project Manager at McDonnell Douglas
• Engineer at Lockheed Electronics Company

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Education

• Rice University
• University of Virginia

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company

Henry Schneider’s Summary

Henry Schneider is President and Senior Principal Consultant at Process and Product Quality Consulting. Henry has over 30 years experience in software and systems development as a systems engineer, project manager, developer, trainer, consultant, and assessor (ISO 9000/TickIT and SW-CMM). His background includes more than 15 years in project management, software quality, and process improvement (Quality Circles, TQM, ISO 9000, and CMM). He is an SEI-authorized Lead Assessor for SW-CMM, an SEI-authorized SCAMPI Lead Appraiser for CMMI, and is an SEI-authorized instructor for the Introduction to CMMI course. Henry’s software consulting experience encompasses commercial, government, aerospace, product software, finance, insurance, health care, data communications, and telecommunications organizations. He has also trained software professionals nationwide on how to conduct software quality assurance and testing activities.

Henry Schneider’s Specialties:

Authorized CMMI Lead Appraiser
Authorized Intro to CMMI Instructor
Certified High Maturity Lead Appraiser

Henry Schneider’s Experience

• President and Senior Principal Consultant

  Process and Product Quality Consulting

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  January 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Consultant to clients on software process improvement projects. Facilitates and trains clients in all areas relating to planning and implementing software process improvement. Provides guidance on software processes, project management, requirements management, configuration management, and software quality assurance. Performs quality assessments.

• Principal Consultant

  Borland

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; BORL; Computer Software industry)

  January 2005 — January 2007 (2 years 1 month)

  Consultant to clients on software process improvement projects. Facilitates and trains clients in all areas relating to planning and implementing software process improvement. Provides guidance on software processes, project management, requirements management, configuration management, and software quality assurance. Performs quality assessments.

• Director, Process Improvement

  TeraQuest

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  March 2000 — January 2005 (4 years 11 months)

  Consultant to clients on software process improvement projects. Facilitates and trains clients in all areas relating to planning and implementing software process improvement. Provides guidance on software processes, project management, requirements management, configuration management, and software quality assurance. Performs quality assessments.

• Partner

  Technology and Process Consulting

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  January 1998 — March 2000 (2 years 3 months)

  Responsible for establishing, managing, and controlling a requirements baseline for a state government's child welfare project. Developed and managed the project planning, tracking, and oversight procedures, configuration management procedures, and testing procedures for a Y2K project at a large telecommunications company. Wrote and implemented the Deployment and Operations Plan for a large telecommunications application. Defined the workflow and designed a trouble report tracking system for a client’s production support group. Participated as a team member on one Level 3 and two Level 4 CBA IPI assessments.

• Consultant

  independent consulting (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Computer Software industry)

  1995 — 2000 (5 years)

  Performed ISO 9000/TickIT/CMM gap analyses of client’s business practices. Led internal quality audits and participated as a British Standards Institute team member on ISO 9000 audits. Provided business process reengineering consulting services to client companies. Presented a tutorial on International Harmonization of Software Quality Auditing efforts at the first International Congress of Software Quality, June 1995.

• Instructor

  Data Tech Institute

  (Computer Software industry)

  1994 — 1998 (4 years)

  Provided interactive and participant centered training for hundreds of software professionals nationwide on Software Quality Assurance and Testing techniques.

• Quality Assurance Specialist

  ADAC Healthcare Information Systems

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  March 1997 — October 1997 (8 months)

  Performed gap analyses of ADAC’s business practices. Designed, developed, and managed ADAC’s Quality System.

• Manager of Systems and Procedures

  Futuresoft

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 1994 — March 1997 (2 years 10 months)

  Assembled, managed, and trained a cross-discipline team of Internal Auditors. Designed, developed, implemented, and managed FutureSoft’s Quality System. Managed and performed FutureSoft’s ISO 9000 certification efforts.

• Instructor

  Houston Community College

  (Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

  January 1994 — May 1994 (5 months)

  Developed and taught a college course on the Macintosh hardware and operating system.

• Project Manager

  McDonnell Douglas

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  August 1977 — January 1994 (16 years 6 months)

  Managed the systems engineering group responsible for defining and analyzing system software requirements for the Space Station’s on-board Integrated Station Executive, Operations Management System, and the Space Shuttle’s Inertial Measurement Unit Redundancy Management applications. Co-authored the Space Station Integrated Avionics Development Plan. Managed cost accounts, participated on the Space Station proposal team, developed system architecture and design requirements, and planned development life cycle activities. Provided consulting services to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagoya, Japan. Managed two Quality Circles for analyzing process improvements. Served as a ground controller for the first seven Space Shuttle flights.

• Engineer

  Lockheed Electronics Company

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  July 1975 — August 1977 (2 years 2 months)

  Designed, developed, and tested Space Shuttle flight code simulations.

Henry Schneider’s Education

• Rice University

  1972 — 1975

• University of Virginia

  BS, Physics, 1968 — 1972

Additional Information

Henry Schneider’s Websites:

• My Company

Henry Schneider’s Groups:

Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Society for Software Quality West Houston Chapter – Founding Member 1994, Membership Chair 1994 – 1998, Vice President 1997
National Vice President, Society for Software Quality, 1998 – 2004
Editorial Review Board Software Quality Professional
Judging Coordinator, Science Engineering Fair of Houston, 1980 - present
SCAMPI Lead Appraiser Body of Knowledge Advisory Board Member 2007

•    CMMI Adopters
•    SEI Membership

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