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Dr. Alan W. Brown
IBM Distinguished Engineer
Rational CTO for Europe
Adjunct Professor
NC State University
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- Alan W. Brown is an IBM Distinguished Engineer at IBM
Rational software. Alanīs
current assignment is IBM Rational CTO for Europe.
- Alan works with customers
around the world consulting on software engineering strategy as it
pertains to enterprise solutions, process improvement, and the
transition to service-oriented solutions through IBM Rational's software
delivery platform.
- In this role Alan defines IBM
Rational's strategy as it relates to enterprise solution delivery,
software delivery economics, and distributed software and systems
delivery. This involves working with engineering teams on product
architecture, product management groups on creating plans, and marketing
and field teams on positioning IBM Rational's products and services.
- Alan came to Rational in February 2001 through Rational's
purchase of Catapulse Inc., a Silicon Valley start up funded by Rational
Corp. and Benchmark Capital.
Previously
Alan was VP of R&D for Computer Associate's Application Development
products where he was responsible for advanced technology activities
across the group. He advised on specifications for new software products
and the future direction of enterprise application and component-based
software development products across the company.
- In April 2006 Alan was also appointed as Adjunct Professor
at NC State University. In this role Alan is acting as advisor to
computer science faculty and students on software engineering topics, is
a co-founder of NC State's Center for Open Software Engineering (COSE),
and is assisting in the revision of software engineering curricula.
- Alan has extensive experience
in service-based design, component-based development, software engineering
environments, and enterprise application development tools. He has
published over 50 papers, authored four books, and edited an additional
three books. Alan holds a PhD in Computing Science from the University
of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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