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John Hebley
Principal, Hebley and Associates
An accomplished Project Manager and IT Director with extensive expertise in the Software Development Process including RUP, CMM and ISO9000. Demonstrated success in leading both large and small team developments to delivery on time and within budget. Strong skills in object oriented systems design and architecture, Use Cases, OO A&D, UML and a variety of OO languages. Excellent communication skills, with emphasis on building strong client relationships. Possesses diverse experience in both large and small companies and in startup consulting organizations.
10/2000 - Present. Hebley & Associates
Training and mentoring in Requirements, Use Case development, 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/CMM and ISO
9000. Clients have included:
An International Transportation Company
Tailored RUP to meet the specific needs of the IT organization. Developing templates for Vision, Requirements, Architecture, Risk, Testing and Configuration Management documents. Developed and delivered training programs in RUP and Requirements gathering. Mentored Project Management teams across
15 or more projects in Dallas and Tulsa.
A National Telecom Company
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 application and tailoring of the RUP. Development of Software Requirements Specifications, Use Cases and Architectural Models.
4/2000 - 10/2000. Engagement Manager, CommonVision Inc.
Engagement Manager 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 developed included both
eCommerce and custom solutions and were typically built in
Java/JSP or Visual Basic/ASP using WebLogic or IIS in a Microsoft
NT/98 environment.
Principal Architect of Visionabling, a web
development methodology based on the Rational Unified Process, with
extensions developed specifically for the creative
process.
1/2000 - 3/2000. Director of Infrastructure Development, Blockbuster Inc.
Director of Infrastructure Development 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.
Established a common computing environment
that included 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.
Technology Director of a small start-up company
with total responsibility for all client engagement, staff
recruitment, technical oversight of projects,
training curriculum development, methodology and
tool selection and business unit P&L.
- 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 international
clients. Responsible for a business unit comprising a staff of 12
senior instructors, national sales staff and the
delivery of over 300 classes annually in OO
Analysis and Design, Smalltalk, C++ and Java. Personally delivered
classes in Project Management and senior management seminars in the
transition to Object Technology.
- 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.
Project Manager (10/1996 - 8/1997)
Managed the first major, fixed price outsource
project. Responsible for $2.3M budget over a 10-month period with a
project team of twelve senior staff. Tailored a custom
iterative development process similar to the
Rational Unified Process that was determined by peer review
to contain the deliverables and standards of SEI CMM level 3.
1/1995 - 6/1996. Construction Manager, Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity
Responsible for the building of the Habitat
for Humanity homes in Dallas County. Directed a staff of four
construction supervisors and up to 40 volunteers
per job site, typically on weekends, in the construction
of 1,100 sq. ft affordable 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, MMST Program (8/1988 -
12/1994)
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.
- 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)
IC Design Engineer, Advanced Technology Center.
(7/1972 – 5/1976)
Personal Data
British citizen with resident alien (Green Card) status
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).
Director of the North
Texas Irish Festival (NTIF)
Member of the Advisory Board of
Dallas-Fort Worth International.
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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