Susan K. Land

Biography. Kathy Land, an employee of MITRE Corp., has more than 23 years of industry experience in the practical application of software engineering methodologies, the management of information systems, and leadership of software development teams. She is an acknowledged expert in the field of software engineering standardization, process improvement, and engineering management.

Ms. Land is the 2009 President of the IEEE Computer Society (CS). She is a current member of the CS Standards Activities Board (SAB), Software and Systems Engineering Standards Executive Committee (S2ESC), and also serves on a number of other CS boards and committees. In 2007 she was the recipient of the IEEE Standards Association Standards Medallion.

Ms. Land is the author, or co-author, of a number of texts, papers, podcasts, webinars all supporting sound software engineering principles and practical application of software process methodologies. These include: Jumpstart CMM/CMMI Software Process Improvement: Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards (John Wiley & Sons, 2005). She is coauthor of Practical Support for CMMI-SW Software Project Documentation: Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards (John Wiley & Sons, 2005), Practical Support for ISO 9001 Software Project Documentation: Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards (John Wiley & Sons, 2006), and Practical Support for Lean Six Sigma Software Process Documentation: Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards (John Wiley & Sons, 2008).