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The Oregon Master of Software Engineering (OMSE) program is dedicated to offering students excellent faculty and student-focused program administration and support staff. Key faculty and program support personnel are highlighted below.

OMSE Program Administration and Support

Kal Toth: OMSE Director

Kal Toth is the Director of the program and a member of OMSE faculty. He oversees the curriculum and works together with other OMSE faculty, the OMSE Industry Advisory Board, and OMSE Alumni to achieve the program's goals.
Phone: (503)725-2907
Email: ktoth@omse.pdx.edu

Marisa Lara: OMSE Program Manager

In her position as Program Manager, Marisa is in charge of the day-to-day operations, marketing and recruitment for the OMSE program. She is the point of contact for course registrations, admission, and graduation.

Phone: (503)725-2900
Email: marisa@omse.pdx.edu

OMSE Faculty

Cindy Brown

Cindy Brown received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 1977. She was on the faculty of the Computer Science Department at Indiana University until 1982, and a member of the technical staff at GTE laboratories in Waltham, MA from 1982 until 1984. She joined the faculty of the College of Computer Science at Northeastern University in 1984, serving as Dean of the College from 1989 until 1993. During this period her professional interests included analysis of algorithms, particularly those involved in backtrack searching, and compiler front end design. In 1993 she moved to Portland, OR, where she worked on computerized commodities trading systems and wrote a newsletter about financial futures. She joined the faculty of Portland State University as Associate Chair of the Computer Science department in 1997, and was appointed department chair July 1, 1999.
Phone: (503)725-4036
Email: cbrown@cs.pdx.edu

Stuart Faulk

Stuart Faulk holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a faculty member in the Computer Science Department at the University of Oregon (UO). Previously, Dr. Faulk worked on the SCR project at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and headed the development of the Consortium Requirements Engineering (CoRE) method at the Software Productivity Consortium. He was responsible for developing the technology transfer program and for successful transfer of CoRE to members of the aerospace industry. Dr. Faulk supported the successful application of CoRE on the Lockheed C-130J development and is currently working with industrial practitioners seeking to adopt SCR methods and tools. His prior experience includes being both a member and head of the SCR project at NRL.
Phone: (541)346-1350
Email: faulk@cs.uoregon.edu

Manny Gatlin

Manny Gatlin has over 20 years of professional experience in software and systems development, including engineering management, program management, requirements analysis and specification, process improvement, and hands-on development. Manny has worked on a variety of both large and small software-intensive projects including complex aerospace and defense systems, technology research and development, and commercial software applications, all of which have contributed healthily to his knowledge and understanding of effective software engineering practices. He is a past recipient of the PNSQC Software Excellence Award, and a co-founder of the Rose City Software Process Improvement Network (Rose City SPIN.) Prior to coming to the OMSE program, Manny taught undergraduate computer science courses for the California State University and Chapman University. Manny has a BS in Computer Science from the California State University and an MS in Computer Science from West Coast University.
Phone: N/A
Email: gatlinm@cecs.pdx.edu

Chris Gilmore

Chris Gilmore has 10 years of experience designing and implementing software systems focusing on communication, banking, education and HCI. He received two B.A.s from the University of Oregon and received his M.S. in Computer Science at Portland State University. Chris has been an adjunct professor with the Department of Computer Science at Portland State for several years.
Phone: N/A
Email: grimjack@omse.pdx.edu

Warren Harrison

Warren Harrison is Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University. Dr. Harrison's professional interests include measurement and the application of financial theory, especially capital budgeting techniques, to software engineering issues. He is past Editor of IEEE Software magazine, Editor-in-Chief of the Software Quality Journal, and co-Editor-in-Chief of the Empirical Software Engineering Journal. He is a co-founder of SET Laboratories, one of the leading suppliers of software measurement software in the world. Their products have won several industry awards, including the prestigious 1990 Software Productivity Award (now know as the "Jolt Awards") and have been characterized as "one of the oldest, and best known commercial software measurement tools around" by one magazine. Dr. Harrison holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Nevada, an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Missouri and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Oregon State University.
Phone: (503)725-3108
Email: warren@cs.pdx.edu

Ira Hill

Ira Hill is a software engineering practitioner who has supported software product and software engineering development over the last 26 years. Currently he is specializing in adapting software development practices to accommodate reduced conflicts between deployed software products by integrating "interoperability considerations during all phases of product development. His roles have ranged from software product management, requirements specification, development and testing to software certification, education, training, and analysis. His domains of experience include data communications, commercial information systems, banking systems, and automotive dealership systems solutions. Ira received his BS in Computer Science from Eastern Washington in 1984 and his Master of Software Engineering (OMSE) from the University of Oregon in Winter 2004.
Phone: N/A
Email: ihill@omse.pdx.edu

Bart Massey

Bart Massey is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University. His current research concerns software engineering, open-source software development, programming languages and artificial intelligence. After receiving his B.A. in Physics from Reed College, Bart worked for 2 years at the Television Measurement Systems Division of Tektronix, Inc. where he developed DSP tools and an audio measurement application, in addition to systems programming and administrative work. Dr. Massey also worked in the University of Oregon Computational Intelligence Research Laboratory (CIRL). Dr. Massey received his M.S. in Computer Science from University of Oregon in 1991 in the area of concurrent logic programming, and his Ph.D. in temporal directionality of search in planning (1999).
Phone: (503)725-5393
Email: bart@cs.pdx.edu

Kathy Milhauser

Kathy Milhauser has a BA in Communication from Marylhurst, an MA in Educational Technology from Pepperdine University, and over 20 years experience in business and government in the fields of information technology management, human resources, learning and development, and process re-engineering. Kathy has been responsible for leading teams charged with designing and building software solutions for a variety of business needs, including merchandising, product development, e-commerce, and human resources. She has led the implementation of systems and the processes to support employees in Nike's headquarters in the U.S. and Europe, as well as in manufacturing and product development offices across Asia.
Phone: (503) 998-8725
Email: kathym@pdx.edu

Dennis Stevens

Dennis Stevens is an electrical engineer, holding a bachelors degree in engineering from Walla Walla College, a master of engineering degree from Oregon State University, and a Master of Software Engineering (OMSE) degree from the Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU). Dennis is also certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and a Professional Engineer in Oregon. Dennis spent most of his career of some 37 years at the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) working with software and software based systems. His assignments varied widely across many software and hardware projects for power, telecommunications, and fiber optics systems. His experience covers all virtually all aspects of the development lifecycle including planning, management, design and development.
Phone: N/A
Email: stevensd@omse.pdx.edu

Kal Toth

Kal Toth holds the position Associate Professor in PSU's Department of Computer Science. He has a Ph.D. from Carleton University, Ottawa Canada, where he specialized in computer systems engineering and information networks. Dr. Toth's industry experience includes projects for Hughes Aircraft (air traffic control systems), Datalink Systems Corp. (mobile e-commerce), the CGI Group (systems and software integration), and the Software Productivity Center (process improvement). He has held academic positions at Oregon State University and the Technical University of British Columbia. During his years in industry he was an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser, UBC and UVic. Kal's areas of interest and research include information security and software engineering education.
Phone: (503)725-2907
Email: ktoth@omse.pdx.edu

Brent Zenobia

Brent Zenobia has over 16 years of hands-on software development and project management experience managing virtually every aspect of the software development process. He is particularly interested in software process improvement and has taken on the role of software process improvement agent for several years at divisional and corporate levels of hitech companies. He also has in-depth experience in online instruction and delivery having supported OMSE online courses in the past. Brent received his Bachelor of Science in Astrophysics from the University of Oklahoma, his Master of Software Engineering degree (OMSE) from Portland State University and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Engineering and Technology at PSU.
Phone: N/A
Email: bcapps@hevanet.com

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