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John Hebley
Principal, Hebley and Associates
Present. Hebley & Associates
Training and mentoring in Requirements, Analysis and Design using
the UML, the Unified Iterative Process and Rational Tools including
Rose and Requisite Pro. Development of training material for Project
Management, Object Technology, Use Case Writing and Requirements
Gathering courses. Consulting in process improvement, SEI and ISO9000.
7/2001 - Present. Training, mentoring and web site development
Delivery of training courses in Project Management and Requirements Analysis.
Mentoring in software development processes.
Web site development and maintenance.
10/2000 - 7/2001. Applications Architect/Requirements Analyst,@Track.
Development of Software Requirements Specifications,
Use Cases, Architectural Models and high-level design of an Internet
based message routing system deliver proprietary messages via digital
cellular technology to regional and national truck fleets. Developed
and delivered training material for the Rational Unified
Process, Unified Modeling Language and mentored team members in
OO analysis and design techniques using Rose and other Rational
tools. Mentored the Project Manager in the RUP. The target architecture
was a three-tier Java application with an Oracle database and JSP
front end.
4/2000 - 10/2000. Engagement Manager, CommonVision Inc.
CommonVision
is a software consulting company specializing in the development
of Internet and Intranet applications. As an Engagement Manager
I was responsible for providing day-to-day technical management
of a number of project teams engaged to develop applications for
a major energy company in Dallas. Applications being developed include
both eCommerce and custom solutions and are typically built in Java
or Visual Basic using WebLogic or IIS on a Microsoft environment.
In addition, I was the principal architect of Visionabling, a web
development methodology based on the Unified Process, with extensions
developed specifically for the creative process.
1/2000 - 3/2000. Director of Infrastructure Development, Blockbuster Inc.
As Director of Infrastructure Development I was responsible for a team
of employees and consultants engaged in the establishment of a common
architecture standard for the entire web based development activities
at Blockbuster, including their eCommerce site, Blockbuster.com.
The infrastructure included the standard component model architecture,
web servers, application servers, database interfaces, languages
and tools as well as custom interfaces to legacy applications.
In addition I was responsible for the establishment of a common
computing environment that includes development systems, test and
staging systems and secured production systems, plus the methodologies
and procedures for the configuration management of production applications.
7/1998 - 10/1999. Technology Director, Rickett & Company Inc.
Rickett & Company was a small, start-up consulting company
focusing on Software Process improvement. As Technology Director
I had total responsibility for all client engagement, staff recruitment,
technical oversight of projects, training curriculum development,
methodology and tool selection and business unit P&L./p>
- Developed 5-year business plan.
- Expanded client base and increased staffing to match.
- Developed Process Methodologies based on best practices.
- Trained clients in requirements gathering, Use Cases and basic OO methodologies.
10/1996 - 5/1998 Object Space, Inc.
Director of Educational Services (8/1997 - 5/1998)
ObjectSpace was a company specializing in providing Object-Oriented consulting
and training services to major national clients. As Director of
Educational Services I was responsible for a business unit comprising
a staff of 12 senior instructors each deliver over 300 classes annually
in O-O Analysis and Design, Smalltalk, C++ and Java at various levels.
- Annual revenues in excess of $6M from worldwide operations.
- National Sales and Marketing teams.
- Training centers in Dallas, Austin, Washington DC, Chicago and San Francisco.
- Expanded curriculum to include Distributed Computing and Requirements Gathering.
In addition to managing the business unit, I also taught Project
Management and delivered various short seminars in the adoption
of Object Technology to Fortune 100 companies.
Project Manager (10/1996 - 8/1997)
Initially recruited to ObjectSpace as a Project Manager, specifically to manage
their first large, fixed price outsource project. Responsible for
$2.3M budget over 10 months.
- Staff of 12 software engineers, QA engineers and technical writers.
- C++/Visual Basic client (Win95) server (Unix) application. Oracle database.
- Rapid iterative/incremental development process.
- UML notation and Use Cases.
- Project referenced in
"Applying UML and Patterns" by Craig Larman.
- Development process was determined by peer review to contain the deliverables
and standards of SEI CMM level 3, although for budgetary reasons not assessed.
1/1995 - 6/1996. Construction Manager, Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity
As Construction Manager I was responsible for the building of the Habitat
for Humanity homes in Dallas County. A staff of four supervises
the work of up to 40 volunteers per job site, typically on weekends,
during the 12 weeks it takes to construct the 1,100 sq. ft homes.
- Built 22 new houses in 18 months.
- Reduced building costs by 15%.
- Relocated offices and storage to 100,000 sq. ft warehouse.
- Developed construction training program for new volunteers.
7/1972 - 12/1994 Texas Instruments
CIM Software Development Manager, WORKS Program (4/1993 - 12/1994)
As the development manager for the WORKS suite of applications I was
heavily involved in the commercialization effort. In addition to
managing the continued development I also interacted extensively
with both current and potential customers throughout the US and
Europe.
CIM Software Development Manager, MMST Program (8/1988 - 4/1993)
The Microelectronics Manufacturing Science & Technology (MMST) program
was a concept proposed by Texas Instruments to DARPA for the development
of fully automated dry processing of semiconductors. The project
was funded by the Air Force.
As a member of the proposal team I developed the cost and schedule
estimates for the manufacturing automation software. As Software
Development Manager I lead a staff of 25 senior Object-Oriented
software development engineers designing and developing the MMST
manufacturing system.
- Responsible for the cost estimate which included over 100 man
years of software engineering and a total budget in excess of
$15M.
- Identified and hired a staff of 25 senior engineers.
- Utilized analysis and design methodologies of Shlear/Mellor and Booch in
large-scale developments.
- First major distributed Smalltalk application.
- Responsible for schedule and budget using DOD Cost and Schedule Criteria (C/SCSC).
- Assessed at SEI level 2.
Supervisor, Electron Beam Lithography. (5/1976 - 8/1988)
Initially started in Bedford, England in 1970, this program was funded from the Semiconductor
Research Laboratory in Dallas, TX.
- Relocated UK staff and laboratory to Dallas and formed a new development
organization in the TI Process Automation Center.
- Completed system development and started small scale manufacture serving
the TI wafer fabs.
- Managed the rewrite of the control and patterning software in Pascal and
C on a VAX 11/750.
- Designed and built the Photomask Lithography center comprising four lithography
systems, a dual VAX 11/750 with RJE link to corporate systems.
Personal Data
British citizen with resident alien (Green Card) status
Education
Graduated Bachelor of Science (BSc) Electrical Engineering, University of
Salford, Salford, England
Additional Professional Activities
Previously a Member of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
(SEMI); voting member of Information & Control Committee; contributing
member of Modular Equipment Subcommittee (MESC).
Chairman of the Dallas Area Association for Software
Engineering Excellence (ASEE).
President of the Board of Trustees of the
Southwest Celtic Music Association
(SCMA).
Member of the Board of the Yellow Rose Foundation for Muscular Dystrophy
research.
Member of the Advisory Board of
Dallas-Fort Worth International Festival.
Member of the Dallas Shakespeare Festival
Guild.
Papers
"The MMST Computer Integrated Manufacturing System: anOverview,"
TI Technical Journal, Vol. 9, No. 5. September-October 1992.
"Object Oriented Development - Case Study," DevTalk 93. Southern California
Smalltalk Developers Conference, invited paper.
"The MMST Computer-Integrated Manufacturing System Framework," IEEE
Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Vol.7, No. 2. May 1994.
"The Collection of Metrics for Object Oriented Systems,"
First International Smalltalk Users Conference, August 1994.
Invited panelist on Object Technology at the CSC Summit Workshop, Spring
1993 and Fall 1994.
"Managing Object-Oriented Projects," a 3-day training course for project
managers new to Object Technology.
"Object Technology: a Management Overview," a one day overview of Object
Technology for senior level managers.
"Use Cases - A Contract With The User," Dallas ASEE, October, 1998
and IEEE Software Group, November, 1998.
"What's all This About Requirements?" discussion paper on the application
of Use Cases to requirements gathering. Discussion paper.
"An Iterative Incremental Software Development Process for
Web Based Applications," Dallas ASEE, October 2000.
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