Scott A. Hissam is a senior member of the technical staff for the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), where he conducts research on component-based software engineering and open source software.

Hissam’s publications include one book (co-author of Building Systems from Commercial Components, Addison-Wesley 2001), papers published in international journals including Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Internet Computing and Journal of Software Maintenance, and numerous technical reports published by CMU.

Prior to his position at the SEI, Hissam held positions at Lockheed Martin, Bell Atlantic, and the Department of Defense (DoD). He has a BS degree in Computer Science from West Virginia University.