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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

oger S. Pressman is an internationally recognized authority in software process
R improvement and software engineering technologies. For over three decades, he has
worked as a software engineer, a manager, a professor, an author, and a consultant, focus-
ing on software engineering issues.
As an industry practitioner and manager, Dr. Pressman worked on the development of
CAD/CAM systems for advanced engineering and manufacturing applications. He has also
held positions with responsibility for scientific and systems programming.
After receiving a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Connecticut, Dr. Pressman
moved to academia where he became Bullard Associate Professor of Computer Engineering
at the University of Bridgeport and director of the university's Computer-Aided Design and
Manufacturing Center.
Dr. Pressman is currently president of R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc., a consulting
firm specializing in software engineering methods and training. He serves as principle con-
sultant, helping companies establish effective software engineering practices. He also
designed and developed the company’s software engineering training and process improve-
ment products—Essential Software Engineering, a complete video curriculum that is among
the industry's most comprehensive treatments of the subject, and Process Advisor, a self-
directed system for software engineering process improvement. Both products are used
by hundreds of companies worldwide.
Dr. Pressman has written many technical papers, is a regular contributor to industry
periodicals, and is author of six books. In addition to Software Engineering: A Practitioner's
Approach, he has written A Manager's Guide to Software Engineering (McGraw-Hill), an
award-winning book that uses a unique Q&A format to present management guidelines
for instituting and understanding software engineering technology; Making Software Engi-
neering Happen (Prentice-Hall), the first book to address the critical management problems
associated with software process improvement; and Software Shock (Dorset House), a treat-
ment that focuses on software and its impact on business and society. Dr. Pressman is on
the Editorial Boards of IEEE Software and the Cutter IT Journal, and for many years, was
editor of the “Manager” column in IEEE Software.
Dr. Pressman is a well-known speaker, keynoting a number of major industry confer-
ences. He has presented tutorials at the International Conference on Software Engineer-
ing and at many other industry meetings. He is a member of the ACM, IEEE, and Tau Beta
Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Pi Tau Sigma.

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