AVISTA Expands Programs Management Team.AVISTA AVISTA Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science and Art Experiences Growing Demand for Critical-Systems Software Project Management Expertise PLATTEVILLE, Wis. -- AVISTA Incorporated[R], a leader in critical systems software engineering services, has expanded its programs management team with the promotion of Iad Al-Dahleh to programs manager. Most recently working as a project lead on life-critical systems projects, Al-Dahleh has led both large and small projects involving all phases of the software lifecycle for avionics and medical device manufacturers. With the growing use of software in these industries, more companies are turning to software engineering services providers like AVISTA to help manage discovery, planning, requirements gathering, and resource allocation resource allocation Managed care The constellation of activities and decisions which form the basis for prioritizing health care needs for their important DO-178B and FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. 510(k) certification projects. Al-Dahleh joined AVISTA in 1999 as a software engineer to support the company's growing client-base. His software development and verification experience spans both avionics and medical electronics projects. He moved to Minnesota in 2004 to help open and lead AVISTA's Minneapolis-area office, as well as performing hands-on software engineering work, including software verification Software verification is a broad and complex discipline of software engineering whose goal is to assure that a software fully satisfies all the expected requirements. There are two fundamental approaches to verification:
"Iad joined AVISTA eight years ago and quickly became a highly valued member of the team with his excellent work for both avionics and medical device clients," says James T. Schneller, president of AVISTA Incorporated. "We're experiencing continued growth with both avionics and medical device clients and Iad understands both industries well. He has demonstrated expertise in successfully leading software certification projects to completion on-time and on-budget." Prior to opening AVISTA's Minneapolis-area office, Al-Dahleh also worked for Digi International Digi International was founded in 1985 as DigiBoard and is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA. The company went public as Digi International in 1989 and is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol DGII. in Minnesota as an embedded software engineer. He holds a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama is a public, doctoral-level university in Mobile, Alabama, USA. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. . About AVISTA AVISTA Incorporated[R], a subsidiary of Esterline Technologies Corporation, is a full-lifecycle software engineering services company, specializing in critical systems development projects for avionics and medical device applications. With nearly 2.5 million project hours completed, AVISTA fields the strongest, most stable, and most capable DO-178B experienced software development team in the industry. The company has completed more than 800 client projects in systems design, requirements capture and analysis, software design and implementation, and software verification and validation. AVISTA, headquartered in Platteville, Wisconsin, is a SEI CMMI See CMM. Maturity Level 3 rated company, and an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 certified company. www.avistainc.com |
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