Watts S. Humphrey founded the Software Process Program of theSoftware Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.  He isa Fellow of the Institute and is a research scientist on its staff.  From1959 to 1986, he was associated with IBM Corporation, where hewas director of programming quality and process. His publicationsinclude many technical papers and eight books.  His most recentbook is Winning With Software:  An Executive Strategy.  He holdsfive US. Patents.  In 1991 he served on the Board of Examiners forthe Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award.

He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the University ofChicago, a master's degree in physics from the Illinois Institute ofTechnology, and a master's degree in business administration fromthe University of Chicago.  Mr. Humphrey was awarded an honoraryPh.D. degree in software engineering by Embry Riddle AeronauticalUniversity in 1998.  In 2000, the Watts Humphrey Software QualityInstitute in Chennai, India was named in his honor and the BoeingCorporation presented him with an award for innovation andleadership in software process improvement.