SSQC's professional affiliations include ASQC, ISO/IEC, and various universities. The principals of SSQC are active members of the US Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 - Software Engineering Standards Committee.

SSQC's Founders - Robert C. Bamford and William J. Deibler II


	William J. Deibler II has an MSc. in Computer Science and 20 years experience in the computer industry, primarily in the areas of software and systems development, software testing, and software quality assurance. Bill has extensive experience in managing and implementing CMM- and ISO 9001-based process improvement in software engineering environments. Bill is an SEI Authorized CBA IPI Lead Assessor.

	Robert C. Bamford has an MA in mathematics, and has managed training development, technical publications, professional services, and third-party software development. His over 20 years of experience include the implementation of a Crosby-based Total Quality Management System, facilitating quality courses, managing education teams, and serving on a corporate quality council.

Bob and Bill have developed and published numerous training courses, auditing tools, research papers, and articles on interpreting and applying the ISO 9000 standards and guidelines and the SEI Capability Maturity Model for Software. Their articles have appeared in McGraw Hill's Quality Systems Update, IEEE COMPUTER, McGraw Hill’s ISO 9000 Handbook, CrossTALK, and Software Marketing Journal. They were the principal authors and editors of A Guide to Software Quality System Registration under ISO 9001.

They have presented research papers at numerous national and international conferences, including those sponsored by the American Society for Quality (ASQ), Pacific Northwest Software Quality (PNSQC), the Software Publishers Association (SPA), Software Technology Support Center (STSC), the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and Software Research Inc.. Their courses have been attended by software engineering professionals from many of the country's leading technology companies. Their courses, have been sponsored for their members by professional associations, including the ASQ, CSU Long Beach's Software Engineering Forum for Training, Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), Software Engineering Institute (SEI), UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz.

Bob and Bill are the principals of SSQC. Since 1990, SSQC has specialized in supporting organizations in the definition and implementation of Software Engineering Practices, Software Quality Assurance and Testing, Business Process Reengineering, ISO 9000 Registration and CMM implementation. SSQC offers HM², a unique, hybrid appraisal method that defines and correlates the position of an organization with respect to both ISO 9001 and the CMM. The results of an HM² assessment are a plan and framework for improving software engineering processes and for implementing the requirements of the two models.

They are active United States TAG members in the ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 - Software Engineering Standards subcommittee which is responsible for the development and maintenance of ISO 12207 and ISO 15504 (SPICE). Their software development clients have successfully achieved ISO registration and advanced CMM maturity levels.

They have also performed ISO 9000 registration and TickIT audits as external resources under contract to the British Standards Institution (BSi).