onstrux software - steve · pdf filesoftware development training and consulting to companies...
TRANSCRIPT
High Tech and Manufacturing
96
Court
esy o
f C
onstr
ux
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Construx Software provides
software development training
and consulting to companies in
a wide range of industries
worldwide. Construx focuses on
helping clients leverage software
Court
esy o
f C
onstr
ux
Steve McConnell, Construx founderand CEO, and author of several best-selling books on software development.
CONSTRUX SOFTWARE
Construx offers public seminars at itsBellevue facility, as well as private, on-site seminars for companies.
commercial software engineer-
ing” provides the guiding vision
at Construx. The commitment
starts with consultants whose
expertise and depth of knowl-
edge have helped hundreds of
companies solve their software
challenges. The average
Construx consultant has more
than 20 years of experience in
the software industry. Construx
has worked with hundreds of
clients across numerous indus-
tries, and so we have seen and
helped solve the most common
and the most vexing software
problems. While methodologies
come in and out of popular
favor, Construx takes the long
view and maintains depth of
expertise in every major
approach, including Agile, in
order to match the most practi-
cal and effective solutions to
each client’s particular strengths
and challenges.
development best practices
to achieve their business objec-
tives—higher quality, greater
innovation, more predictable
outcomes, shorter time-to-
market, and greater profitability.
Since its founding in 1996
by Steve McConnell, Construx
CEO and Chief Software
Engineer, Construx has been
headquartered in Bellevue.
McConnell is the author of
several best-selling books,
including the highly influential,
Code Complete, often cited as
the most popular software devel-
opment book of all time. His
first two books won Software
Development magazine’s Jolt
Excellence award for best soft-
ware development book of the
year. Steve McConnell currently
has more than one million
copies in print in 20 languages.
McConnell’s mission “to
advance the art and science of
High Tech and Manufacturing
97
Currently headquartered in the PlazaCenter Building, Construx has beenlocated in Bellevue since its inception in 1996.
Court
esy o
f C
onstr
ux
Court
esy o
f C
onstr
ux
Construx instructors and consultantshave expertise across multiple industriesand software methodologies.
Construx public seminars
attract participants from
throughout North America, and
its instructors consistently
score outstanding ratings from
their students. Construx is
currently embarking on a major
expansion and renovation of
its headquarters in downtown
Bellevue that will allow the
company to offer a broader
range of seminars and provide
even better service to clients.
Construx also conducts private,
onsite seminars at client
locations worldwide, including
Europe, the Middle East, Asia
and the Pacific, Central and
South America, with plans for
further international expansion
as information technology con-
tinues to enable opportunities
and impact business practices in
emerging economies.
GIVING BACK
Construx gives one percent of
its pre-tax profits to charity, and
in the recession of the late
2000s, Construx responded by
launching the SPEAR Program,
offering complimentary semi-
nars to software professionals
who had been laid off. When he
launched the program in May
2009, Steve McConnell said,
“Professionals can take advan-
tage of their downtime to
improve their skills in ways that
we hope will accelerate their job
searches and continue to provide
career-long benefits after they
re-enter the workforce.”
Construx provided free seminars
to almost 200 laid-off workers.
MOVING FORWARD
In 1996, Steve McConnell
set out to create a company
that valued “Openness,
Accountability, and
Achievement,” the kind of place
where he would want to spend
the rest of his career. Construx
offers an outstanding work
environment, with exceptional
facilities in Bellevue, enlightened
management, industry-leading
employee benefits, and innova-
tive bonus and incentive
programs. These are among the
reasons that Construx has won
awards including Washington
CEO Magazine’s Best
Companies to Work For and the
Puget Sound Business Journal’s
Washington’s Best Workplaces.
Steve McConnell’s current
focus in community involve-
ment is in serving in Position 1
on the Bellevue School Board.
McConnell has lived and
worked in Bellevue for 25 years
and his two children attend
public schools. “Bellevue public
schools have a distinctive history
of leadership, vision, and
excellence,” he said. “I want to
see that legacy updated and
brought into the 21st century.
My experience can help our
district ensure that every student
has of the modern skills to
succeed in college and in the
workplace of tomorrow.”
With a successful 15-year
history in the city, and with
ongoing company and personal
investments in the community,
Construx is committed to
playing a significant role in
Bellevue’s unlimited future.