Suzanne Garcia

Suzanne Garcia is a senior member of the technical staff at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University.

Richard Turner, a research professor in engineering management and systems engineering at the George Washington University, approaches balanced software development and acquisition with broad industry and government experience and a skeptical attitude toward best practices. In support of the U.S. Department of Defense, he is responsible for identifying and transitioning new software technology into the development and acquisition of complex, software-intensive defense systems. Dr. Turner was on the original author team for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and is coauthor off CMMI Distilled, Second Edition (Addison-Wesley, 2004).

Richard Turner

Richard Turner is broadly experienced in software development and acquisition. He currently is a research professor in engineering management and systems engineering at George Washington University, and, in support of the U.S. Department of Defense, is responsible for identifying and transitioning new software technology into the development and acquisition of complex, software-intensive defense systems. He was on the original author team for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and is a co-author of CMMI® Distilled (Addison-Wesley, 2001).