Keynote Speakers
Ivette García
Directora General Adjunta de Economía Digital de Mexico
Watts Humphrey, SEI
Fellow
Watts S. Humphrey founded the Software Process Program of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Fellow of the Institute and is a research scientist on its staff. From 1959 to 1986 he was associated with IBM Corporation where he was director of programming.
His publications include numerous technical papers and nine books. His three most recent books are
TSP: Coaching Development Teams (2006),
TSP: Leading a Development Team (2005),
and PSP: A Self-Improvement Process for Software Engineers (2005)
Mr. Humphrey holds five U.S. Patents. In 1991 he served on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige Board of Examiners National Quality Award. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Chicago, a master's degree in physics from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. In 1993, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts presented Mr. Humphrey with the Aerospace Software Engineering Award. Mr. Humphrey was awarded an honorary Ph.D. degree in software engineering by Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1998. In 2000, the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute was named in his honor in Chennai, India, and the Boeing Company presented him with an award for leadership and innovation in software process improvement.
During a formal ceremony at the White House in the spring of 2005, the President of the United States awarded Mr. Humphrey the prestigious 2003 National Medal of Technology for his contributions to the software engineering community. The National Medal of Technology is the highest honor awarded by the United States to America's leading innovators.
Jim Sartain, Adobe Systems
Senior Director of Software Quality
Jim Sartain is a Senior Director responsible for Software Quality. He leads a team responsible for inspiring, driving and enabling continuous quality improvement across CSBU. Jim also leads the Adobe Quality Engineering Council. Prior to Adobe Systems, Mr. Sartain held quality/process improvement and product development positions at Intuit and Hewlett-Packard for 25 years. While at Intuit, Jim drove significant improvement in quality and software engineering practices across the company. His last role at HP was developing and providing worldwide support for an Airline Reservation System servicing low-cost airlines. Mr. Sartain earned his bachelor's degree in computer science and psychology from the University of Oregon, and his M.S. in management of technology from Walden University.
Important Dates
May 21, 2008: Papers submitted
June 27, 2008: Receive feedback from TSP Symposium Program Committee
July 28, 2008: Final Papers Due to the SEI
August 24, 2008: Final Presentations submitted to the SEI