Professor Barry Dwolatzky has been appointed director of the Johannesburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE).
Dwolatzky says his first task will centre on the capability maturity model integration (CMMI) awareness campaign, which is being launched with the City of Johannesburg (COJ). In addition, he will focus on creating momentum and growth in each of the JCSE's other projects.
"CMMI will be a big focus for the JCSE this year, with the CMMI awareness campaign leading up to an event in September. However, I will also be looking at ways to stimulate participation in the JCSE's three labs (IBM Linux competency centre, the Microsoft .Net lab and the Wits convergence lab), its courses and the pre-incubator," he says.
Dwolatzky would like to establish the JCSE as a hub of software development in Braamfontein, furthering the JCSE's goal of supporting the COJ's 'Joburg 2030 Vision', that sees Johannesburg as the hub of Africa's software development sector.
Dwolatzky was previously academic director of the JCSE and was professor of software engineering at the Wits school of Electrical and Informational Engineering. His appointment to the position of director will see Dwolatzky seconded to the JCSE on a three-year contract.
He replaces interim CEO, Professor Rex van Olst, who has left the JCSE to pursue a Wits-based project with the Department of Transport.
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