September
4, 2000
Biography
William R. Bruyn is a Professor of Computer
Information Systems at DeVry Institute of Technology ( Phoenix), President and
past member of the board of the Phoenix chapter of the Independent Computer
Consultants Association, and the founder and President of Systems Modeling
Technologies Inc. Systems Modeling
Technologies is a company that specializes in the introduction, implementation,
and production of modern methodologies and Computer Aided Systems Engineering
technology in the system and software development process. SMT markets/distributes the Micro Creator
CASE tool. SMT provides professional services
for the automation of small business. Modern methods, CASE technology, and
rapid application development techniques are utilized to solve automation
problems for small business.
Bill was the director of Engineering Products for
Solutron Inc. where he concentrated on the development of auxiliary products to
support the capture and tracking of system requirements, application of
Excelerator to the development process, and the production of the associated
system documentation. His work entailed
consultation on the application of Excelerator, authoring XL/Doc scripts and
product user manuals, training clients, Quality Assurance/Test planning,
conducting testing, and authoring custom Excelerator packages.
As a senior corporate consultant for real-time and
engineering products for Index Technology Corporation he was the spokesperson
for their Real-Time CASE product (RTS), contributed to the definition of
requirements for RTS, trained customers in Excelerator and associated real-time
methods, and served on industry committees such as the extensions to the IBM
repository model for process activation and control.
While he was a Principal Engineer with Honeywell
Inc. he was responsible for real-time methodology definition, methodology
training, methodology and tool implementation, and tool support and
generation. He was instrumental in the
formation of the Excelerator Users Group and was the first elected president of
that organization. While an employee of
Honeywell Inc's Commercial Flight Systems Division he co-authored a paper on
the Extended System Modeling Language (ESML).
He taught Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science
at Triton College and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. While at those institutions he authored
several computer based instruction programs to assist with the instruction of
business management, mathematics, physics, and engineering courses.
He holds Master of Science degrees in Mathematics
and Computer Science from Northern Arizona University and DePaul University.