Our Leadership Team
Our consultants are experts in the latest evolution of technology, tools and thinking, including integrated, cloud-based solutions for application lifecycle management and DevOps.
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PRINCIPALS
Lew Thorne
Co-Founder and Principal
Lew Thorne is a co-founder and principal of the leadership team at ALM Services. He is an electrical engineer who also holds an MBA in managerial accounting and finance. Lew has served in the professional services arena, including internationally, for 30 years and has nearly two decades of direct experience in curriculum development, training service and technical service delivery.
Jeffrey W. Barlow
Principal
Jeff Barlow is a principal of the leadership team at ALM Services. He is a software and technology architect with 30 years experience developing, managing, and automating applications and systems. Jeff specializes in full system engineering and application lifecycle disciplines including development, configuration and change management, build and release management, continuous integration and delivery, automated testing, monitoring, infrastructure as code, and hybrid cloud operations.
Jeff has extensive expertise in deploying, configang, tailoring, and automating the software tools and processes that support software development, delivery, and operations. He has consulted for dozens of Global 500 enterprises and is known for his ability to drive development organizations to achieve measurable gains in efficiency, accuracy, quality, and timeliness of software and systems project delivery. Jeff is an expert in IBM Rational (formerly Telelogic) Synergy and Change, as well as IBM DevOps (formerly UrbanCode/uDeploy) applications and integrations, and similar competitive and open source equivalent tools.
Don Cooper
Principal
An Oxford graduate, Don Cooper is an expert in architecture, configuration and installation of IBM Rational tools and processes, including DOORS, RPE and DXL. He has decades of software engineering background, with special expertise in continuous lifecycle management.
FOUNDERS
Donald B. Cunningham
Co-Founder
Don Cunningham is a co-founder of ALM Services. He is an electrical and computer science engineer who has developed embedded systems for organizations in the manufacturing, security, military and medical business sectors.
Ian Zimmerman
Co-Founder
Ian Zimmermann is a co-founder of ALM Services. He is a certified aerospace engineer with a proven record of accomplishment for helping clients increase worldwide sales and revenue.
VETERAN-OWNED FIRM
Our leadership team has more than 60 years of combined expertise in technology and engineering across many key business sectors.
Our consulting services range from corporate and product strategy to requirements, systems engineering, testing and validation.