Mr. Donald J. Reifer is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of software engineering and management, with over twenty-five years of progressive experience in both industry and government. He has successfully managed major projects, served on source selections, wrote winning proposals and led project recovery teams. While affiliated with TRW, Mr. Reifer was the Deputy Program Manager for Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) verification and validation projects. As a Software Director with the Aerospace Corporation, Mr. Reifer managed over $800 million in software contracts for the Space Transportation System (Space Shuttle) Directorate. As a Project Leader at Hughes Aircraft, Mr. Reifer managed several major weapons system developments. Currently as President of RCI, a software consulting firm, Mr. Reifer directs efforts aimed at helping Fortune 500 firms (CAE-Link, Rockwell, Shell, TI, Westinghouse, etc.) and government agencies (DISA, NASA, etc.) to effectively manage large software projects, organizations and technology introduction. His current focus is on introducing software engineering and reuse technology.
Mr. Reifer is author of over 100 papers and several books on software engineering and management topics. He is also the author of the popular ASSET-R size and SoftCost-Ada cost estimation models. Mr. Reifer holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Newark College of Engineering (NCE), an M.S. in Operations Research from the University of Southern California (USC) and the Certificate in Business Management from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He is an ACM national lecturer and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Ada Software Alliance. His many honors include being listed in Who's Who in the West, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and the Hughes Aircraft Company Masters Fellowship.