Mahon
Mahon has been active in the software engineering field since 1973 after receiving his master's degree in mathematics from the State University of New York at Binghamton (now Binghamton University). Paul began his career as a software developer, spending the first twenty-five years working in the US Department of Defense modeling and simulation domain. Since 1997, as an independent consultant/coach, Paul helps organizations and teams using a hands-on practical approach focusing on agility and performance.
Paul has taught software engineering at Binghamton University, conducted workshops on software engineering and management, and has published more than 50 articles and 5 books. Paul is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. He is also a Senior Consulting Partner at Software Quality Center. Paul has been a leader in the SEMAT initiative since its initial meeting in Zurich.
Prof. Dr. Michael Goedicke is head of the working group Specification of Software Systems at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He is vice president of the GI (German National Association for Computer Science), chair of the Technical Assembly of the IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing), and longtimememberand steering committee chair of the IEEE/ACM conference series Automated Software Engineering. His research interests include, among others, software engineering methods, technical specification and realization of software systems, and software architecture and modeling. He is also known for his work in views and viewpoints in software engineering and has quite a track record in software architecture. He has been involved in SEMAT activities nearly from the start, and assisted in the standardization process of Essence--especially the language track.
