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Intro to CMMI-DEV

Feb 6-8, 2018
Reston VA

Apr 17-19, 2018
Reston VA

Jul 17-19, 2018
Reston VA

Intro to CMMI-SVC

Mar 20-22, 2018
Reston VA

Services Supplement for CMMI

Apr 20, 2018
Reston, VA

Jul 20, 2018
Reston, VA

Bill Smith Chief Executive Officer CMMI Institute-Certified Instructor

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS
	M.S., University of Pittsburgh, Information Science (Information Systems Specialist) B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, Applied Mathematics (Operations Research) Member: American Society for Quality (ASQ), American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), Project Management Institute (PMI)
POWERFUL INSTRUCTOR
	Over 2000 happy Introduction to CMMI students Average rating: 4.9+ out of 5.0 SEI Outstanding Member Representative, 2010 Student feedback like: "Mr. Smith has crafted a class and overall experience that will definitely be 'memorable'... I’m glad to have taken a class in which I believe I will retain the information long-term. Again, every aspect on the whole was excellent.” (See more student comments.)
BATTLE-SCARRED PROCESS IMPROVEMENT VETERAN
	Key consultant for the Software Productivity Consortium, 2002-2007 Led multiple organizations to CMMI maturity levels Directed or participated in numerous CMMI appraisals Member of six different Engineering Process Groups (EPGs)
EXPERIENCED ENGINEER AND MANAGER
	Successful stints with IBM (artificial intelligence programmer) and EDS (systems engineer) Thirty years of software and systems engineering experience Hands-on experience in all life cycle phases, including several years of software design and programming. (See Bill's LinkedIn profile for additional details.)

Avoiding Death-By-PowerPoint

Need proof that you'll avoid death-by-slide in our classes? Take a look at these presentations Bill delivered recently at industry conferences. Nobody napped. (Unlike the people at that other guy's talk.)

Why Project Managers (Understandably) Hate the CMMI -- and What to Do About It

CMMI vs. Zombies: How CMMI-SVC Can Help in the Zombie Apocalypse

Using Stories to Engage Your Audience

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger: My Process Improvement Lessons Learned

Creatively Applying CMMI for Services in a Very Small Consulting Firm

Experience statements apply to our CEO and CMMI Institute-Certified CMMI Instructor Bill Smith
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