Overview

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Bill Hume has been a software engineer in different capacities for over 35 years. Recently he has been a consultant serving software developers and leaders of smaller companies. Just prior he was an executive manager at IBM where he was responsible for the initial Core Technology Team for the commercialization of IBM Watson technology. He’s held several manager roles in many distinct product offerings large and small, new and mature.

Bill’s approach to software development emphasized customer engagement in all aspects and phases of product life span. Like most leaders in the field today, he is a strong advocate of Agile and Design Thinking approach.

Within IBM Bill was especially known for his ability to build great teams both from scratch and evolving existing groups to achieve strategic goals. It’s all about the people.

Bill’s consulting approach has been to assist companies by temporarily performing roles for which skill may not be available, preferring to embed and work as part of the broader team.