Experience  
Sprout Bullet, Seattle, WA , Performance Excellence Engineer Feb 2009 - Current
Working on the requirements for a management tool that immediately captures
action items in the field of operations and transfers requests to support
organization in a timely manner
Designing organizational communications infrastructure for a military training
organization to manage existing knowledge and help make better business decisions
faster. 
Aligning corporate strategic goals with operational measures to optimize use of
software engineering resources. New measurement program will be incorporated into
a client  's parent organization.
Working with Leader to Leader Institute and US Military Academy on translating
leadership techniques and metrics into software engineering field. Analyzing
processes and providing actionable recommendations and quantitative measures to
increase organizational effectiveness.

Modus Cooperandi, Seattle, WA, Associate July 2008 - Feb 2009
Developed vendor-agile agreement metrics and an enforceable agile contract
between 50 developers in UK and 800 developers in India.
Benchmarked organizational performance (using productivity and quality metrics)
for both sides in order to establish a common ground. 
Based on a customer objectives, recommended actions for contractors agile CMMI
deployment and compliance.

Quality Plus Technology, Inc.,   Tampa, FL,  Technical Advisor   January 2008 -
July 2008
Prepared and reviewed materials for Certified SCOPE Management Program training,
an EU standard practice that allows both acquirer and contractor to improve
flexibility and performance results. Resulted in a publication and training
course based on customer needs.
Reviewed    Management Toolkit for Software and Systems Development Projects   
before publication. All feedback and suggestions for improvement were
incorporated into the book (March 2008).

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, VIsiting Scientist                  
                              
March 2005- December 2007
Visiting Scientist, Software Engineering Institute (SEI), Capability Maturity
Model Integration (CMMI) team 
Led    Impact of CMMI-based Process Improvement on Project Performance   
project, a collaboration between the SEI and PRTM. Planned and managed results of
this study, to be published in an SEI public report.
Developed metrics to improve predictability and software development project
quality, cost-efficiency, time-to-market, and customer satisfaction. Built
connection between factors that influence project performance and performance
benchmark measurements. In collaboration with Dr. Matt Fisher, formulated
definitions of project and measurement terminology to be used consistently across
organizations.     
Designed a study including logistics for testing its hypothesis and leading
indicators, developed evaluation parameters and benchmarks, coordinated work with
partners, documented findings, and prepared bi-weekly reports. 
  Visiting Scientist, SEI, Software Engineering Measurement and Analysis (SEMA)
team
Initiated and coordinated a project to bring together consulting and industry
organizations (including competitors) to establish normalized performance
metrics. Launched the Performance Benchmarking Consortium (PBC).
Reviewed over 500 organizational inputs to derive and determine quantitative
measures for comparable project performance benchmarking and established the
factors that influence project performance.

Member of Technical Staff 
Assisted in teaching    Management of Software Development    for MSE and MSIT
programs. Clarified questions about requirements, design, estimation,
measurement, software process and process improvement. Prepared presentations and
evaluated student work.
Mentored Masters in Software Engineering students.
Researched with the SEI  's SEMA team how to improve feedback from software
architects to business management in order to explore organizational strategic
options.  

Torg-Complect, Kiev, Ukraine  Integration Manager       May 1998  *  February
2000
Headed change to customer-centered pull strategy that increased revenues by 70%
in the first year; addressed resistance to change.
Integrated best practices and introduced estimation into the existing process,
increasing sales by $800K in the first quarter.   This function became a separate
department the next year.
Negotiated agreements up to $500K.
Prior Experience
Confectionary Manufacturing, Ukraine,     Information Systems Manager   May 1995
 *  May 1998 Social Security Services, Ukraine,       Software Specialist May
1992  *  May 1995
Education  
Masters of Software Engineering.   Carnegie Mellon University. May 2004
Specialist in Economics. Kiev University of Commerce and Economics.   May 1995
Bachelor in Applied Mathematics. Chernivtsy State University May 1992
Research at Carnegie Mellon University 2003-2004
Business models applications to software architectural decisions      With Dr.
David Garlan, Professor of Computer Science in the School of Computer Science
(SCS) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method tool     With Anthony Lattanze, Member of
the Senior Technical Staff at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and an
Associate Professor in the SCS at CMU
Dependencies between business processes and Economic Time
Red Queen Effect Applications to Sustainable Advantage Analysis     With Dr.
Jeffrey R. Williams, Professor of Business Strategy at the Tepper School of
Business at CMU       
Certifications  
Professional Certification, Software Engineering Institute  's (SEI)
Acquisition Survival Skills
Understanding of CMMI High Maturity
Managing Performance-Driven Improvement (MPDI)
Implementing Goal-Driven Software Measurement ( based on
Goal-Question-Indicator-Metric(GQIM))
Intermediate Capability Maturity Model Integrated Version 1.2 (CMMI v. 1.2)
Intro to CMMI v. 1.2
SEI  's Team Software Process (TSP)
SEI  's Personal Software Process (PSP)
SEI  's Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM)
Certification from Terry School of Business, Leadership Development Program
Software Lifecycle Management and Estimation
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) 
Assessment: Diagnose Before Prescribing
Implementation: Sustaining Iniatives
ISPI Board Member; Seattle ISPI Board Member
Leader to Leader Institute member