About the Editors

Andrew Stellman started work as a programmer at a national record label after graduating from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He spent the first few years focusing on technical design and architecture, but found himself increasingly responsible for leading and then managing the teams he was on. Over the last decade, Andrew has led teams of programmers and managed numerous projects. He now spends his time building his own projects and helping the people around him improve the way they manage theirs.

Jennifer Greene began her software engineering career in the early 1990s at a well-known online service. She has since built and led software engineering teams in organizations spanning finance, non-profit, natural language processing and media. She has built and managed distributed software teams and worked with developers around the world to improve their practices and build better software.
Jennifer and Andrew have been working together since 1998 building software and training software teams. They initially defined the software process at the company where they were working, and have since run many successful projects together. Their projects have been focused on science and public health, and they have built software for the Mailman School ...