UT/SQI Invites Guidelight Staff as Guest Lecturer

Grady A. Clendening, a Senior Project Manager at Guidelight Business Solutions, has been invited as a guest lecturer of the Software Quality Institute at University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Clendening has over 40 years of project management experience including engagements at Intel, Batelle National Research Laboratory, Microsoft, IBM, and others.

The Software Quality Institute is the pre-emminent program for project management education throughout the southwestern United States. Held several times a year at the University of Texas' Austin campus, project managers from all industries attend lectures for learning specific project management disciplines leading to certification.

About the Software Quality Institute The Software Project Management (SWPM) certificate program was initiated in 1993 by The University of Texas at Austin's Software Quality Institute. The SWPM program services aspiring and practicing project managers both locally in central Texas and remotely across the nation through the use of classroom presentation and online classes utilizing industry standard internet technology.

SWPM is taught by expert practitioners from the software industry and gives the student the necessary skills and techniques to improve their company's overall software development process. From choosing appropriate metrics to workplace personality types, SWPM offers a thorough view of the most up-to-date practices combined with the instructors' industry experience. The final result is a working knowledge that incorporates quality, applicability, portability, profitability, maintainability, and timeliness. For more information, go to http://lifelong.engr.utexas.edu/swpm/index.cfm

Guidelight Business Solutions, Inc. is a software development and systems integration outsourcing company. Focused on enhancing business through technology, Guidelight collaborates with clients to select, create, deploy and advance innovative solutions that are efficient, manageable and user friendly. For more information, please visit http://www.guidelightsolutions.com.