Jones Capers

American specialist in software engineering methodologies, he is often associated with the function point model of cost estimation. He graduated from the University of Florida, having majored in English. He later became the President and CEO of Capers Jones & Associates and latterly Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research (SPR). In 2011, he co-founded Namcook Analytics LLC, where he is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He formed his own business in 1984, Software Productivity Research, after holding positions at IBM and ITT. After retiring from Software Productivity Research in 2000, he remains active as an independent management consultant. He is a Distinguished Advisor to the Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ). Link to Wikipedia biography Read less