Better Software - September 2008 - (Page 6) Contributors chuck allison developed software for more than twenty years before becoming a professor of computer science at Utah Valley University. He is a technical editor for Better Software magazine and founding and current editor of the online journal The C++ Source. He spent most of the 1990s as an active member of the C++ Standards Committee and is author of two C++ books, including Thinking In C++, Volume 2: Practical Programming, with Bruce Eckel. His company, Fresh Sources, Inc., gives onsite training in C++, Python, and design patterns. His current top technical interest is the resurgence of functional programming. Whenever he finds a little down time he plays classical guitar or bikes the country roads of central Utah. Contact Chuck at chuck@freshsources .com. Patrick Bailey has more than twenty years of experience in software development. He now teaches full time at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Contact Patrick at pmb4@calvin.edu. Michael Bolton lives in Toronto and teaches heuristics and exploratory testing in Canada, the United States, and other countries. He is co-author, with James Bach, of Rapid Software Testing and a regular contributor to Better Software magazine. Contact Michael at mb@developsense.com. Paco hoPe is a technical manager with Cigital, Inc. and has extensive experience securing Web applications, operating systems, and embedded devices (lottery systems, cell phones, casino gaming devices). He lectures on security testing and Web application security. Paco brings the techniques of security assessment into the mainstream activities of QA departments and testers. Pete Goodliffe is a software developer, columnist, speaker, and author who never stays in the same place in the software food chain. His projects range from OS implementation, through audio codecs, to multimedia applications. Pete’s popular book Code Craft: The Practice of Writing Excellent Code is a practical and entertaining investigation of the entire programming pursuit—in about 600 pages. No mean feat! He has a passion for curry and doesn’t wear shoes. Jonathan kohl is a software testing consultant with Kohl Concepts Inc., based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Jonathan writes about and speaks on software testing and is a technical editor for Better Software magazine. Contact Jonathan at jonathan@kohl.ca. Brian Mizelle brings twenty years of full lifecycle software development experience and leadership to Cigital. As a managing principal, he is responsible for working with our clients as a trusted advisor to help them achieve business and technical goals and objectives around software security, testing, and development. 6 BETTER SOFTWARE SEPTEMBER 2008 www.StickyMinds.com http://www.StickyMinds.com
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