John D. Musa is an independent consultant. He gives courses in
software reliability engineering on a world wide basis. He has
extensive experience as a software developer and manager. He has 21
years experience in software reliability engineering as one of the
creators and leaders of the field, and was elected Fellow of the IEEE
for his contributions. He has published over 80 papers and is
principal author of the widely acclaimed pioneering book "Software
Reliability: Measurement, Prediction, Application." He organized and
led the transfer of software reliability engineering into practice
within AT&T.