Karl E. Wiegers is a leading speaker and consultant in the requirements engineering and software process improvement arenas. As Principal Consultant with Process Impact, he conducts training seminars for corporate and government clients worldwide and speaks at numerous industry events. Previously, Karl spent 18 years at Eastman Kodak Company. His responsibilities there included experience as a photographic research scientist, software applications developer, software manager, and software process and quality improvement leader. Karl has led process improvement activities in small application development groups, Kodak's Internet development group, and a division of 500 software engineers developing embedded and host-based digital imaging software products.

The author of four books and over 160 articles, Karl has twice won the Software Productivity Award, which honors excellence in productivity-enhancing products and books. He has served on the Editorial Board of IEEE Software and as a Contributing Editor for Software Development magazine.

Karl received a B.S. degree in chemistry from Boise State College, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois. He is a member of the IEEE, the IEEE Computer Society, and the Association for Computing Machinery. He is a frequent speaker at software conferences and professional society meetings.