Biography

Larry W. Smith is a Software Engineer at the Air Force Software Technology Support Center (STSC). He is the Project Lead for Software Reuse. Additionally, he works closely with other software technology domains to assist Air Force and DoD Software Development and Maintenance Activities (SDSA) with software process improvement. He received a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah, and is currently working towards a M.S. degree in Computer Science from Utah State University. Vern Phipps is a Software Consultant with the Ogden, Utah SofTech Office. He is currently the Ogden Office Reuse Project Lead Engineer. Mr. Phipps previously worked for TRW, Inc. where he supported the analysis and MODE maintenance of Minuteman and Peacekeeper software and performed nuclear safety analysis. Previous to TRW, Mr. Phipps was employed by the National Computer Security Center and was assigned as the NSA Liaison Officer for Computer Security for the I-S/A AMPE program at Gunter AFB, AL. He received a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science from Brigham Young University in 1983.