Linda Rising, Ph.D.
1109 E. Tapatio Dr.
Phoenix, AZ U.S.A. 85020-1185
(602) 997-6464
Email:linda@lindarising.org
www.lindarising.comSUMMARY
Patterns expert with more than 20 years experience in software development and process improvement. Emphasis on change management, retrospectives, and agile approaches. Taught, supported, and coached developers in both technical and process areas.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Independent consultantggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg gg1999 - present
Speaker, author, trainer, reviewer for a host of patterns and process-related projects in the U.S., Europe, China, and Japan.Numerous talks, tutorials and workshops at various patterns and agile conferences.Member of boards of directors of patterns and agile process organizations.
AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, AZ
gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg1999 - 1999Senior Engineer
Change agent, responsible for creating a patterns culture throughout the company. Developed/taught patterns training courses. Consulted with developers on design problems. Conducted retrospectives; analyzed results for patterns. Use of design patterns resulted in up to 50%reduction in development time and corresponding increased productivity.Introduced Scrum development process for small projects. This allowed teams to produce a product with constantly changing requirements.Developed and initiated study groups as a cost-effective training solution for high-tech environments. Produced increased developer expertise and positive morale.
Honeywell Air Transport Systems, Phoenix, AZ
gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg 1999 - 1994Principal Engineer
Ada Guru. Designed/implemented avionics software in Ada. Technical/process consultant for Boeing 777 project. Created/maintained: Ada "hot line", Ada bulletin board, design/coding standards. Developed/taught Ada/design courses. Reduced company expenses for Ada training and consulting and improved the development environment for a new programming language.AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, AZggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg1992
Contract Engineer
Developed overall software engineering curriculum and design course. Saved training costs for bringing developers up to speed on object technology.Developed design metrics for use with Statemate CASE tool. Increased developer productivity in a new design paradigm.Investigated Return on Investment for Cleanroom and determined the approach was not cost-effective.
Magnavox Electronic Systems Co., Ft. Wayne, IN
gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg1985-1988Consultant
Developed/maintained Ada software as part of IR&D effort supporting largest Ada project to date.Reuse of software produced saved the company the cost of developing and maintaining tools.Developed/taught internal Ada and software engineering training courses. Taking advantage of in-house university professors saved outside training and consulting costs.EDUCATION
Ph.D. Computer Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 1992Dissertation: Information Hiding Metrics for Modular Programming LanguagesM.S. Computer Science, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, 1984M.A. Mathematics, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, 1977
B.A. Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1964
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE1984-88 Indiana-Purdue at Ft. Wayne, Ft. Wayne, IN. Assistant professor.1977-84 Various universities throughout the Midwest. Instructor in Mathematics and Computer Science.PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
(major, recent)Fearless Change: patterns for introducing new ideas, with M.L. Manns, 2004.
Monthly column for the DDC-I On-Line Newsletter: http://www.ddci.com/news_current_issue.shtml
Patterns for Collaboration,
Cutter IT Journal, February 2005.Singing the Songs of Project Retrospectives, Cutter IT Journal, September 2003.The Product Champion,
STQE, May/June 2003.Fearless Change: patterns for introducing new ideas, with M.L. Manns, 2004.
Agile Meetings: The benefits of frequent, small meetings,
STQE, May/June 2002.Design Patterns in Communications Software, 2001.The Vasa: A Disaster Story with Software Analogies,
The Software Practitioner, Jan. 2001.The Pattern Almanac, 2000.Customer Interaction Patterns, Pattern Languages of Program Design 4, 2000.
The Scrum Software Development Process for Small Projects, with N. Janoff,
IEEE Software, July-Aug. 2000.Patterns: A Way to Reuse Expertise, and guest ed., IEEE Comm. Mag., Apr. 1999.Patterns Mining,
Handbook of Object Technology, 1999, Ch. 38.The Patterns Handbook, 1998.Patterns for System Testing, with D. DeLano, Pattern Languages of Program Design 3, 1998.Increasing Quality and Productivity in Training: A New Model for the High-Tech Learning Environment, with J. Watson,
Bell Labs Tech. J., Jan.-Mar. 1998.The Road, Christopher Alexander and Good Software Design,
Object Mag., Mar. 1997.A Training Experience with Patterns, with B. Goldfedder, CACM, Oct. 1996.PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIESAssociation for Computing Machinery
IEEE Computer Society