Authors' CV



Paul Rogoway

Director of Software Quality Standards, Motorola Coordinates all Motorola activities relating to software quality standards, including participation in national and international software standards working groups; identification, development and promotion of internal Motorola standards; and dissemination of information to Motorolans concerning risks and opportunities related to software standards.

Serves on Corporate Software Engineering Technology Steering Committee and on various international committees and working groups in areas such as software life cycle models, capability assessment, technology and tools, and process improvement.
Israel's delegate to several international software standards organizations, including those responsible for SPICE and ISO 9000-3.
Chairperson of the Israel Software Process Improvement Network (I-SPIN).

Member of Motorola's Science Advisory Board Associates (SABA).
Winner of Motorola Outstanding Impact Award for contribution to ISO 9000-3 revision project. Authorized Lead Assessor in the SEI Appraiser Program.

Previously established and managed two software development groups, headed a Motorola Senior Executive Program team which produced a methodology for software engineering technology planning, founded and managed "4S" to help Motorola and non-Motorola organizations accelerate their improvement in software development capability, served as process improvement coach/consultant to several Motorola software development organizations and to leading non-Motorola software development organizations in Israel, and was responsible for the first phase of the CASE* project to define an Integrated Project Support Environment for Motorola worldwide.

Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Before joining Motorola, Prof. Rogoway held senior technical and management positions at major U.S. and Israel companies, including TRW, Informatics, IBM, Elbit and Tadiran. More than 40 papers, articles, and lectures on various software engineering topics.
 
 

Abraham Peled

Software Process Improvement Manager, MCIL Currently, manager of Software Process Improvement activities in MCIL's Development Division, which recently achieved Level 3 in a SEI CMM assessment.
The chair-person of two internal Software Process related committees : The Software Engineering Steering Committee and the Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG).
Responsible for and coordinating the activities of the various Process Improvement Groups.

A member of the Software Quality Committee (SQC), a corporate level committee, dealing with software quality issues, with Software Quality Metrics, and with deployment of the Quality System Review (QSR) within Motorola facilities, worldwide.

Previously, established and managed for 9 years the Systems & Software Quality Assurance, MCIL's Box and System Testing group, who is responsible for testing and releasing all the Software/Firmware products of MCIL.
Most of the tests performed, were "shifted" from manual testing to the automatic testing environment, developed internally over the years.
Also, Manager of the PQE group - who is responsible for Hardware and Environmental testing of all MCIL's released products.
Responsible for the planning, installation and maintenance of MCIL's conventional SmartZone System, and for the new Digital Tetra/Dimetra System.
 
 

Leeba Salzman

Software Quality Manager, MCIL Currently Software Quality Manager in the Digital Radio Group, responsible for process adherence, new employee training, and process improvement deployment.
Member of the Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG).
Responsible for MCIL training on Software Peer Reviews, Problem Tracking and DDTs. Head of MCIL DDTs Empowerment Team.
 
 

Abraham Danon

Systems & Software Quality Assurance Manager, MCIL Currently, manager of MCIL's Software Box/System testing group. Member of MCIL's Software Engineering Steering Committee and editor of MCIL's publication on Software Engineering : "Touch Of Quality".

During years with Motorola, carried on technical and managerial software tasks including responsibility for software process, tools and technology.

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