Steve McConnell

Steve is CEO and Chief Software Engineer at Construx where he writes books and articles, teaches classes and oversees Construx’s software development practices. Steve is the author of: Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (2006), Professional Software Development (2004), Code Complete (1993, 2004), Software Project Survival Guide (1998) and Rapid Development (1996). His first two books won Software Development magazine’s Jolt Excellence award for best programming books of the years they were published. Steve has worked in the desktop software industry since 1984 and has expertise in rapid development methodologies, project estimation, software construction practices and third-party contract management. In 1998, readers of Software Development magazine named Steve one of the three most influential people in the software industry along with Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds. Steve was Editor in Chief of IEEE Software magazine from 1998-2002.