kevlin henney 

I am an independent software development consultant and trainer based in Bristol, UK. I founded Curbralan Limited, the vehicle for my business, in 2000. Prior to that I was a principal technologist at QA Training and before that a senior software developer at various companies. I have variously developed and delivered training courses, consultancy and software across a number of domains ever since getting involved in professional software development in the late 1980s. You can find out more about my experience and affiliations here. My contact details can be found here.

I am on the advisory board for IEEE Software, the advisory board for Hillside Europe and the editorial board for Transactions on Pattern Languages of Programming.

I have been on the programme committees and advisory panels for various conferences, including BoostCon, NLUUG, EuroPLoP, ACCU, JAOO, VikingPLoP, OT and SIGS/101. I was the programme chair for EuroPLoP 2003.

I have also been a member of the BSI C++ standard panel and ISO C++ committee, a past contributor to the Boost libraries and on the advisory board of The C++ Source.

I am coauthor, along with Frank Buschmann and Doug Schmidt, of the fourth and fifth volumes of Wiley's Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture series, A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing and On Patterns and Pattern Languages.

I am the editor for the 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know project and book. I contributed to 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know.

I contributed a pattern to Fearless Change by Linda Rising and Mary Lynn Manns. I am coeditor of the Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs.

I have also been toying with writing up Programmer's Dozen, a collection of thirteen recommendations for refactoring, reviewing and regaining control of code that I have been presenting over many years at conferences and directly to clients. Currently on hold is the C++ Patterns project.

I have been a columnist for a number of sites and magazines. Most recently I was a columnist for Better Software and am now a blogger for Sticky Minds. I was also formerly a columnist for SearchSoftwareQuality.com, Reg Developer, Application Development Advisor (RIP), C/C++ Users Journal (RIP) online C++ Experts Forum, JavaSpektrum, Java Report (RIP) and C++ Report (RIP). I have also contributed articles to other magazines and sites (not all of which have folded, although EXE (RIP) deserves a special mention).

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