CEO & Principal Consultant at Kasse Initiatives LLC and Owner, Kasse Initiatives
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Current
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- Principal Consultant at Delta Axiom
- CEO & Principal Consultant at Kasse Initiatives LLC
- CEO & Principal Consultant at Kasse Initiatives
- Past
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- Principal Consultant at Process Plus
- CEO at Institute for Software Process Improvement
- Education
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- Southern Methodist University
- University of Arizona
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Tim Kasse’s Summary
Software Programmer
Manager of Software Development
Manager of Hardware Project - From Design through Full Production Yields - Factory Automation - Motorola Microsystems
Software Quality Management
Engineering Evaluation
- Software
- Hardware
- Peripheral Qualification
- Process Development
- Quality Assurance
- Configuration Management
- Systems Testing
- Performance Evaluation
Tim Kasse’s Specialties:
Process Improvement and Quality Management consulting for all levels of management and practitioners for Systems, Software, and Hardware Engineering
Coaching of Senior Management Teams
Organizational Change to accompany process improvement changes
Quality Assurance
Configuration Management
Peer Reviews
- Inspections
- Structured Walkthroughs
Requirements Engineering
Risk Management
Outsourcing Management
Tim Kasse’s Experience
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Principal Consultant
Delta Axiom
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
February 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)
Danish Alliance Partner
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CEO & Principal Consultant
Kasse Initiatives LLC
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
July 1999 — Present (9 years 6 months)
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CEO & Principal Consultant
Kasse Initiatives
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
July 1999 — Present (9 years 6 months)
Kasse Initiatives LLC is a full-service process improvement and quality management consulting company that supports an organization's process improvement initiatives to ensure measureable results
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Principal Consultant
Process Plus
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2007 (8 years)
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CEO
Institute for Software Process Improvement
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1991 — June 1999 (7 years 7 months)
ISPI was a process improvement consulting company founded by Jeff Perdue and Tim Kasse in December 1991. Both Jeff and Tim worked at the Software Engineering Institute under the direction of Mr. Watts Humphrey.
Tim and Jeff were contributing authors to the Capability Maturity Model for Software (CMM)
Tim lead the development of the Software Process Assessment Method while he was at the SEI which started the Assessment Industry based on the CMM and now CMMI in October 1990
Tim Kasse’s Education
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Southern Methodist University
M.A.S., Computer Science, 1974 — 1976
Studied Compiler Theory, Fault Tolerant Computing, Structured Design and Structured Analysis, Hardware Programming Languages
- Activities and Societies:
- Graduate Assistantship in Telecommunications sponsored by Collins Radio - DR. John Fike - Professor
Graduate Assistantship in Compiler Theory - Dr. Richard Frailey - Professon
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University of Arizona
BS, Systems Engineering, 1968 — 1973
Graduated with a 3.56 average and was one of 5 students who graduated with a B.S. in Systems Engineering.
- Activities and Societies:
- Tau Beta Pi - National Engineering Honor Society (President of School Chapter)
Phi Kappa Pi
Student Religious Council President
Head of "One Parent Program"
Church Lecturer
Additional Information
Tim Kasse’s Websites:
Tim Kasse’s Interests:
Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Business Process Improvement, CMMI, SPICE (ISO - 15504), Six Sigma, Change Management (People Side)
Tim Kasse’s Groups:
IEEE, ACM, SEI Visiting Scientist, Visiting Fellow - Institute of Systems Science (National University of Singapore)
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CMMI Adopters
Tim Kasse’s Honors:
Who's Who in America
IEEE Standard for Reviews and Audits 1028
Tim Kasse’s Contact Settings
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- job inquiries
- expertise requests
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