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Sam Gao

Sam Gao

IT Consultant and Founder

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    CEO & Founder, Speaker, AI Software Startup, CMMI High Maturity Lead Appraiser

  • Education

    • Northeastern University

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      MS ECE

    • Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

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      Master of Business Administration (MBA)

      Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

    • University of Science and Technology of China

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  • Experience

    • Titan Technology, Inc

      Jan 1993 - Jan 1999
      IT Consultant and Founder

    • Ambow Education Group

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2002
      VP of Engineering

    • Arrow Technologies

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2004
      CEO

    • Exelon Corp.

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2005
      IT Management Consultant

    • USMEPCOM/CNI, US Army

      Dec 2005 - Mar 2011
      Sr. Manager and Principal Consultant

      Led USMEPCOM CMMI program to achieve CMMI Maturity Level ratings: - Improvement strategy and roadmap- Managing implementations of CMMI across IT- Led process improvement team and train people - SCAMPI A/B/C appraisals

    • AT&T

      Feb 2011 - Jul 2011
      CMMI Lead Appraiser

      Lead SCAMPI appraisals across AT&T IT companies.

    • TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

      Aug 2011 - now
      Founder

      IT process improvement and optimizingCMMI consulting and appraisalsBusiness strategies Business operations optimizing Project managementIT process automation

    • Beijing Raysdom Consulting Co., Ltd.

      Nov 2013 - now
      Founder

      Specialized in providing CMMI High Maturity training, consulting, and appraisal services.

    • CMMI Institute

      Jun 2017 - Apr 2021
      Vice Chairman, Partner Advisory Board, CMMI Institute

    • Qucheng Software - Acquired, June 2021

      Oct 2019 - Dec 2021
      Co-Founder

      All life-cycle software development management platform, 100% supports CMMI V2.0, also supports Agile/Scrum, PMBOK, and Kanban. Ideal for CMMI-based software development companies and teams. Leave the tedious and repetitive work to the software, and creative work to the developers. Reduce development cost and cycle time, improve product quality, and increase company profit.www.qucheng.com

    • CoCode

      Dec 2019 - now
      Co-Founder

      Mastermind behind CoCode.ai, an AI-powered and CMMI-backed software development platform. Our platform is 10x faster than conventional software development methods. We are evolving daily to reach our ultimate goal: autonomous software development.

    • CMMI Community

      Sept 2022 - now
      Member of Partner Advocacy Group

      The PAG serves as an advocate for CMMI community, and works collaboratively with ISACA to resolve issues. Elected as one of the nine members in Septermber 2022.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Six Sigma Black Belt

      The Pyzdek Institute
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    • MCSD

      Microsoft

    • CISA

      ISACA

    • CISA

      ISACA
      Apr 2006

    • Certified CMMI HMLA

      CMMI Institute

    • Certified Scrum Master

      Scrum Alliance

    • PMP

      Project Management Institute

    • Scrum@Scale Practitioner

      Scrum, Inc.

    • PMP

      Project Management Institute
      Jul 2004

    • Certified CMMI Instructor

      CMMI Institute