Gregory M. Pope is the founder and President of Azor, Inc., a company
specializing in the development of automated software quality products and
outsource testing services since 1993. Mr. Pope has experience and expertise in
both commercial and military software development, he has over 30 years of
direct involvement in software development, software testing, and management of
small and large organizations. Prior to founding Azor, Mr. Pope worked for
Tiburon Systems (now Texas Instruments), IT&T, General Instruments, and Kaman
Aerospace where he was responsible for developing and/or testing software used
for Cruise Missiles, Telecommunications, Aircraft Instrumentation, and Radar
Warning Receiver applications. Mr. Pope has been responsible for the development
of patented pioneering techniques in computer aided testing, including the
FerretŪ automated system test tool. Mr. Pope has conducted over 200
international seminars in the past seven years on software testing, quality, and
management. He has personally spoken to over 5,000 members of the Test and QA
community worldwide about the needs of the industry. He is a frequent speaker at
International Symposiums. He is a member of the IEEE and selected to the
Software Program Managers Network, a congressionally sponsored program to
oversee government software developments. His articles have been featured in
Computer Design, Industry Week, Computer World, Signal, Electronic Defense News,
and Software Maintenance News. His first book on Software Testing is due out
early 2001. Mr. Pope has an MBA from the University of Phoenix, and a BS degree
from Connecticut State University. He lives in Mountain View California.