Process Impact -- Biography of Karl Wiegers

	Biography
		Karl E. Wiegers is Principal Consultant with Process Impact in Portland, Oregon. He has provided training and consulting services worldwide on many aspects of software development, management and process improvement. Prior to starting Process Impact in 1997, Karl spent 18 years at Eastman Kodak Company. His responsibilities there included experience as a photographic research scientist, software applications developer, software manager, and software process and quality improvement leader. Karl has led process improvement activities in small application development groups, Kodak's Internet development group, and a division of 500 software engineers developing embedded and host-based digital imaging software products. Karl is the author of the following books: Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools (Microsoft Press, 2007) More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice (Microsoft Press, 2006) Software Requirements, 2nd Edition (Microsoft Press, 2003) Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide (Addison-Wesley, 2002) Creating a Software Engineering Culture (Dorset House Publishing, 1996) Karl has also written more than 170 articles on many aspects of software, chemistry, and military history. He has served on the Editorial Board of IEEE Software and as a Contributing Editor for Software Development magazine. Karl received a B.S. degree in chemistry from Boise State College, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery. He is a frequent speaker at software conferences and professional society meetings. When not at the keyboard, Karl enjoys reading military history, cooking (favorite recipes I made up), drinking wine, playing his Les Paul and Stratocaster guitars (loudly), and riding his Suzuki VX800 motorcycle (quietly).
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