Kent has successfully worked with executives, managers, and engineering staff to improve their organizations in many industries including aviation, naval, telecommunications, utilities, automotive, defense, government, software product development, and medical devices. Internationally, Kent has helped clients in over 27 countries to improve their systems and software processes. He is co-author of several books including Interpreting the CMMI: A Process Improvement Approach, Second Edition (Auerbach 2008) and Ada 95 Quality and Style (Springer 1997).He is past Chairman, International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Systems Architecture Working Group and he has conducted presentations and tutorials to audiences exceeding 1500 attendees at conferences around the world.