Lisa Finneran
Senior Vice President
and Chief Technical Officer
Software Productivity Consortium

As Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Lisa Finneran oversees the development of the Consortium's wide-ranging technical program and supports the overall management of the organization. Under Ms. Finneran's direction, the Consortium's technical program of management and technical processes, methods, tools, training, and consulting services helps Consortium member companies and affiliates improve the quality and efficiency of their systems and software engineering programs. Over the course of her fourteen years at the Consortium, Ms. Finneran has worked in and managed many of the Consortium's key technology development projects and has been a lead consultant in supporting member use of Consortium products. Her technical expertise spans the full spectrum of the Consortium technical program, including systems and software engineering, object-oriented methodologies, process improvement methods, and a variety of systems and software lifecycle development technologies.

Ms. Finneran is frequently invited to present Consortium solutions and industry trends to the systems and software engineering community. She has direct interface with Consortium members in key programs helping to improve the way in which their software-intensive systems are developed.

Ms. Finneran is a member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). She also serves as a reviewer for IEEE Software, IEEE Computer, and The Journal for Systems and Software.