Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Clark
President
Software Metrics Inc.

Betsy Clark has been involved in the practical application of measurement for predicting, controlling and improving software process and product quality since 1979.  She is the President of Software Metrics, Inc., a Virginia-based consulting company she co-founded in 1983.  Dr. Clark is a primary contributor to Practical Software Measurement:  A Guide to Objective Program Insight. Dr. Clark was also a principle contributor to the Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) core measures. She has contributed to numerous studies of software best practices for the DoD and FAA.

Dr. Clark is a Research Associate at the Center for Systems and Software Engineering at the University of Southern California. She worked with Dr. Barry Boehm and Dr. Chris Abts to develop and calibrate a cost-estimation model for COTS-intensive systems (COCOTS) under sponsorship of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Dr. Clark received her B.A. in Psychology with distinction from Stanford University in 1973.  She received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1979.  She is an accomplished equestrian, having earned her Gold Medal from the United States Dressage Federation.

Dr. Bradford (Brad) Clark
Vice-President
Software Metrics Inc.

Dr. Brad Clark is an independent consultant in the area of software measurement with 15 years experience in software development and management best practices.  He is Vice-President of Software Metrics, Inc. Dr. Clark specializes in the area of software cost and schedule risk analysis.
 
Dr. Clark is a Research Associate with the Center for Systems and Software Engineering at the University of Southern California. He has co-authored a book with Barry Boehm and others on “Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II.”  He helped define the COCOMO II model, collect and analyze data, and calibrate the model.

Dr. Clark received his B.S. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Florida in 1978.  He received a M.S. degree in Software Engineering in 1995 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1997 from the University of Southern California. He is a former Navy A-6 pilot.