The Greater Cincinnati area chapter of the Software Process Improvement Network, referred to as the Cincinnati SPIN, was established on February 19, 2004 as a non-profit organization. The organization meets the second Wednesday of every month from 4pm till 6pm except July, August and December.

Mission

The Cincinnati SPIN serves as a forum for representatives of companies, universities and government agencies throughout the Greater Cincinnati area to participate in sharing ideas, experiences and lessons learned in process improvement for software development, ongoing operations and support services.

Objectives

In carrying out its mission, the Cincinnati SPIN organization will act to accomplish the following objectives within the software community:

• Promote quality
• Promote productivity improvements
• Promote process maturity
• Help foster and sustain organizational commitment to process improvement
• Promote awareness of value and return on investment of process improvement
• Transfer process improvement knowledge and innovation to all participants
• Share lessons learned with participants and other SPINs
• Promote cooperation and collaboration between industry, academia, government and SEI

Steering Committee

Cincinnati SPIN is run by a Steering Committee who are elected every year at the June meeting of Cincinnati SPIN. For the year 2008, the Steering Committee is comprised of the following individuals.

Kishore Subramanyam, Chair
Technical Specialist, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Joe Mirus, Vice Chair
Director, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Russ McMahon, Secretary
Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati

Mark Yozwiak, At-Large
Director, TPSi

Pete Carrion, At-Large and Program Chair
Requirements Competency Lead, Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS)

Brenda Frankenhoff, Outreach Chair
Manager, University of Cincinnati

Juli Nimitz, Membership Chair
Senior Account Director, Partner Professional Staffing

JC Chastian, Content Chair
Manager, Car-part.com