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b'Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 132!\\nSPaMCAST 132 features my interview with Bill Bentley discussing the book he co-authored "Lean Six Sigma Secrets for the CIO".\\xa0 We covered the gamut of process improvement with emphasis on six sigma, lean and the combination of the two techniques.\\nBill Bentley is the owner and president of ,\\xa0 a training and consulting business.\\xa0 His Atlanta area company was started in 2002 and provides quantitative process improvement training to the public via open enrollment courses, and to corporations via in-house courses.\\xa0 The company also provides consulting services.\\xa0 Primary topics include Six Sigma, Lean and applied quantitative methods.\\xa0 Bill has an MSEE from Rensselaer, substantial further education and training, and has nearly completed his MBA in Finance and Management.\\nBill is a pro at solving tough real-world business and technical problems, first as a control systems engineer with Procter & Gamble out of school, later in increasingly responsible management roles with P&G, Frito-Lay, Nabisco and Rockwell.\\xa0 His employers have been manufacturers of food, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, electronic instrumentation and software and his corporate assignments included engineering, operations management, sales and business turnarounds.\\xa0 Bill\\u2019s executive positions have included Director of Technology of an instrument manufacturing company, General Manager of an engineering company and President and CEO of a software company.\\xa0\\nStarting from nothing, Bill has built his company into a respectable business with a national reputation with thousand of graduates and hundreds of corporations served.\\xa0 Value-Train is an authorized State training provider in Georgia, Massachusetts and Texas.\\xa0\\nBill is a sailor and also enjoys riding the Georgia Mountains on his motorcycle.\\nContact Information:Email:\\xa0 Web:\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\nShameless Ad for my book!\\nMastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team."\\xa0Have you bought your copy?\\nContact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail:\\xa0 Voicemail:\\xa0 +1-206-888-6111Website: Twitter: Facebook:\\xa0 \\nNext!SPaMCAST 133 will dip back into the Metrics Minute with an article on burnup charts.\\xa0 We will be burning up the pobsphere on this one!'