Software Guru: His impact on the Software Process


Biography
Dr. Watts Humphrey is the Founder of the Software Process Program at the Software engineering Institute(SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. A Fellow of the Institute, he also works as a research staff. Prior to joining SEI, Dr. Humphrey worked as the Director of programming for IBM Corporation. He got his 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. He is the author of many books including Managing the Software process(1994), PSP- A Self-Improvement Process of Software Engineers(1995) and TSP: Coaching Development Teams (2006).
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts presented Mr. Humphrey with the Aerospace Software Engineering Award in 1993. Mr. Humphrey was awarded an honorary Ph.D. degree in software engineering by Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1998. In 2005, Dr. Humphrey was awarded the prestigious 2003 National Medal of technology for his contributions to the software community.

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