About Me

David Greer, VP
Process Improvement Practice
AMERICAN SYSTEMS, Inc.

SUMMARY – CMMI Appraisals, Training and Process Improvement Consulting

AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides applied, tactical and strategic counsel vertically to all levels of management from executives to developers as well as horizontally from the customer through the managers and developers to the end users. We have insight into the challenges faced and solutions needed by firms both large and small as they mature their software project management and development policies, processes, procedures and plans.

Highlights
• 25 years in the software industry
• Manage software projects, champion process improvements, lead proposal efforts;
• Experience in all positions within the software development lifecycle: e.g. analyst, designer, developer, tester, integrator, operational support;
• Experience with support functions: Software Quality Assurance Lead (SQA); Software Measurement Lead; Software Configuration Management Lead (SCM); Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG) Lead; and Process Training Lead;
• Support a variety of market sectors (Aerospace, Transportation, Health Care, DoD, Retail, Telecom, State Government, Application Development, Banking & Finance, Energy, and Service Providers) and their related consulting partners;
• Present at software conferences and authored articles for newsletters and journals;
• Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (CMU SEI) Partner
• Authorized Lead Appraisers;
• Authorized instructors for Intro to CMMI and CMM;
• High Maturity Level and International Experience.

Professional Memberships
• Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
• Practical Software Measurement Technical Working Group

Clients/Organizations with Whom We Have Worked
ACS State Health Care, Nationwide, USA
Andersen Consulting, Atlanta, GA
BellSouth, Atlanta, GA
Boeing, Huntsville, AL and Houston, TX
Chinaweal Ltd., Beijing, China
Employease, Inc., Atlanta, GA
E-StyleSoftware, Moscow, Russia
IBM, Bornem, Belgium & Amsterdam, Netherlands
Intergraph, Huntsville, AL
Kookmin Bank, Seoul, Korea
Lockheed Martin, Nationwide, USA & Int’l
Lucent Technologies, Bohemia, NY
Merant (Now Serena), St. Albans, UK
OR State Dept. of Transportation, Salem, OR
Siemens, USA
Thoughtmill/American Systems Corp, USA
Worldsoft China Ltd., Guangdong, China

We provide a cost effective, customized, approach that helps clients realize the benefits of implementing a comprehensive solution for Software Process Improvement in their organizations. The goal is to affect a rapid transfer of knowledge to our clients with the intent of building a self-sustaining, lasting system for continuous improvement in quality, efficiency and return on investment.