Dennis Linscomb is an employee of Northrop Grumman. He has been in information technology for 28 years and has worked in several areas of applications software, including: programming, analysis, testing, QA, production support, and management. He has been involved in process improvement and the CMM/CMMI for about 11 years. Mr. Linscomb has an MBA degree from Pepperdine University. He can be reached at dennis_linscomb at msn.com.