Leadership

Frode L. Ødegård, Founder & CEO Frode has more than twenty years of experience as an entrepreneur and trusted advisor to high-tech executives. Organizations he has helped include Sony Electronics Inc., NASA, Lockheed Martin, Candle, Conexant Systems, Mindspeed, and Plantronics. Frode is currently writing a book on Lean for the Software Enterprise. Before founding the Lean Software Institute in 2004, Frode was the CEO and founder of Ødegård Labs, Inc., a software engineering research and consulting firm. Prior to founding Ødegård Labs in 1991, Frode was the CEO and founder of Modula-2 CASE Systems A/S, a Norwegian company building next-generation tools for embedded software developers. His interests outside work include history, philosophy, psychology, and strength training.

Mark Wallace, VP of Client Services Mark is responsible for the delivery of our training and consulting services. Has over 30 years of IT industry experience, working with organizations such as IBM Global Services, Intel, and the U. S. Department of Defense. At IBM, Mark was named to the Process Competency, an inner circle of about a dozen experts supporting over 30,000 field employees. At the U. S. Department of Defense, he was part of the leadership team on a 100 million dollar program. In addition to business process engineering, Mark has substantial expertise in Enterprise Architecture. He has delivered over 300 short courses on four continents, on subjects related to software engineering and database management. Mark's outside interests are dominated by activities including his 11-year-old son, but also include vintage wine and reading.