Will Tracz

Will Tracz is an American computer scientist and software engineer known for his work in software reuse, software architecture, and software engineering professional service. He is a retired Lockheed Martin Fellow Emeritus, a former chair of ACM SIGSOFT, and a recipient of the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award.

Education Tracz completed a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Stanford University in 1997. His dissertation was titled Parameterized Programming in LILEANNA.

Career Tracz worked at Lockheed Martin, where he became a Lockheed Martin Fellow Emeritus.

He has authored and edited publications on software reuse and software engineering. His 1995 book, Confessions of a Used Program Salesman: Institutionalizing Software Reuse, was published by Addison-Wesley. He also edited Software Reuse: Emerging Technology, published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.

In 1997, Tracz was granted a United States patent for a “System for identifying and linking domain information”.

Professional service Tracz served as chair of ACM SIGSOFT from 2012 to 2015.

Tracz was also general chair of the 20th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering in 2012.

ACM SIGSOFT annual reports identify Tracz as editor of Software Engineering Notes.

Awards and recognition In 2004, Tracz received the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award.

In 2009, ACM named Tracz an ACM Distinguished Engineer. His ACM awards profile lists him as an ACM Distinguished Member in 2009 and an ACM Senior Member in 2008.

Selected bibliography Tracz, Will. Software Reuse: Emerging Technology. IEEE Computer Society Press, 1990. ISBN 978-0818608469. Tracz, Will. Confessions of a Used Program Salesman: Institutionalizing Software Reuse. Addison-Wesley, 1995. ISBN 978-0201633696.