2-Pro Mentor is a one-man company (for the time being), thus the CV presented here is that of Sigurd Hopen, Owner and Process and Project Management Consultant.

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Curriculum Vitae - Sigurd Hopen

CV Summary
Project Experience
Training Experience
Tools and Methodologies
References

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Summary

Sigurd is an experienced consultant, with more than 14 years in the software development industry. He graduated from University of Glasgow, Scotland in 1991 and started his software engineer career in a small Norwegian consulting company developing software systems for clients in public and private sector. His most prominent area of expertise is around the IBM® Rational® Unified Process (RUP). He has participated in many different RUP driven projects, both in managerial and technical roles, as well as mentoring companies in the adoption and implementation of the RUP. From 2000 - 2004, Sigurd worked within Rational Software's development organization, leading the RUP content development team.

Part I - Summary

Project Experience

Sigurd has participated in a range of software projects, large and small, and in different domains, such as banking, government, travel industry and IT, developing commercial software and in-house business systems. Over the years, Sigurd has performed many roles in software projects, such as Project Manager, Process Engineer, Architect, Analyst (business and system), Designer and Implementer. In the last few years, the focus has been on mentoring the management teams in RUP adoption / implementation efforts.

Part II - Project Experience

Training Experience

During the employment in Numerica Taskon and Mogul, Sigurd established and managed a profitable training department offering quality courses in all phases of the software development lifecycle. He has also authored commercial training materials, such as the RUP Plug-in Workshop for Rational Software. Sigurd is a certified IBM Instructor, with significant experience in delivering out-of-the-box and tailored versions of the following IBM Rational instructor-led training courses:

Essentials of Rational Unified Process
Implementing the Rational Unified Process
Requirements Management with Use-Cases
Object Oriented Analysis and Design w/ UML
Fundamentals of Visual Modeling
Principles of Architecting Software Systems
Workshop: Creating RUP Plug-ins using Rational Process Workbench

Sigurd has experience speaking in front of large audiences, at seminars and conferences.

Part III - Training Experience

Tools and Methodologies

Systems development according to object oriented principles has been the backbone of Sigurd's software engineering experience. At the beginning of his career, he worked mainly in the development disciplines of a software project, such as architecture, design and implementation of object oriented systems. Later, the focus shifted to the managerial disciplines, such as process engineering, project management and requirements analysis and business modeling.

Key technologies and techniques on the technical side where Sigurd has in depth knowledge and extensive experience include:

Use-Case Modeling, both for software and business engineering
Object Oriented Analysis & Design using UML
Implementation (C++)
Component based architectures

Key areas on the managerial side where Sigurd has significant project experience and expertise include:

The Rational Unified Process
SPEM - OMG's Software Process Engineering Meta model
Planning and control of iterative & incremental projects
Tailoring the RUP for an enterprise' / project's needs
Mentoring the management of process adoption programs
Risk management

Part IV - Tools and Methodologies

References

The list of references include clients as well as ex-colleagues.

Part V - References

Below are some quotes from co-workers, managers and clients.

	Bjørn Gustafsson, Director of Good Software Inc. Canada
“Sigurd Hopen is a true software process expert, in RUP in particular. I had the pleasure of working with Sigurd for a couple of years in the RUP Team at IBM Rational where he was instrumental in the RUP engineering effort. During all this time he showed excellent engineering skills, leadership, and team spirit.”

 

Mike Barnard , IBM Global Services, Rational Center of Competency "As RUP product manager, I worked closely with Sigurd Hopen on RUP 2003 and future strategies. His rare combination of pragmatism, experience and conceptual depth continually provided strength to the team. His hard work and insights significantly improved RUP’s quality and applicability. I wouldn't hesitate to work with him again, and recommend him strongly to anyone considering working with him."