Other Founders:

Clement James Goebel

Chief Architect

James Goebel, co-founder of Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has practiced custom software development for more than twenty years as a developer, team lead, system architect, project manager, practice director, and executive coach.  He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a licensed Michigan Residential Builder, and has an MBA from Eastern Michigan University.

His work in commercial software development has spanned several domains including bio-informatics, diagnostic medical imaging, vehicle monitoring, test generation, online bill presentment, and digital archives.

For the last six years James has acted as a coach and change agent for organizations implementing process changes to improve their ability to positively affect the business impact of their software development projects.

Publications 

• Paired Programming in the Software Factory © 2003

• Extreme Interviewing © 2002 With Thomas Meloche and Richard Sheridan

• Extreme Programming Used to Establish the Culture of a High Performance Team © 2002 With Thomas Meloche and Richard Sheridan

• Introduction to Extreme Programming © 2001

• Writing Story Cards © 2001

• Software Project Management © 2001

• Extreme Programming BOOT Camp © 2001

• Extreme Programming, AppNet © 2000 With Thomas Meloche

• Object Design Heuristics © 1999 With Thomas Meloche

• Design Patterns © 1997 With Thomas Meloche

• Thinking with Objects © 1996 With Thomas Meloche

On Software

"The accuracy of your software project's estimate is directly affected by the quality and completeness of your user interface mockups."

 - James Goebel
  

Menlo Innovations
410 N 4th Avenue 
3rd Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

(734) 665-1847

Located in
Historic
Kerrytown®

Menlo Innovations LLC (c) 2006