Warren S. Reid

A technology consultant, author, speaker, and expert witness in matters involving large-scale system failure, computer & software project turnarounds, & software lifecycle management

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The information in this blog is somewhat connected to my “professional” web site at www.wsrcg.com. Feel free to visit there for more detail on my background, training, experience and expertise, and what my firm and I do; my full resume/CV can be found at http://www.wsrcg.com/wsreidlitigationresume.html. A shorter summary follows below.

"Following a distinguished career as a management and computer technology consultant and partner at an international consulting firm, Warren S. Reid founded the WSR Consulting Group, LLC in 1988. He has been engaged in developing and implementing large-scale systems and turning around systems in crisis situations and runaway projects, such as helping create and launch the Federal Energy Office for President Jimmy Carter in 75 days, and overseeing the testing and acceptance of California’s Lotto Lottery games in just 100 days. Mr. Reid recently created and published the CPR Methodology: Reviving the Drowning Large-Scale IT Project©, which has already been featured in the press.

For more than 18 years, Mr. Reid has been actively engaged in litigation matters around the world as a consultant and expert in cases involving the failure of large-scale systems and related projects -- especially those projects following poor testing practices, using inadequate life cycle methodologies, and employing inappropriate project management principles.

He has testified in U.S. State and Federal Courts, and has been engaged as an expert by a “Who’s Who” in the world of international business including: the U.S. Department of Justice and President William Clinton; the Malaysian Stock Exchange; Pepsico; Her Royal Majesty, the Queen of England; Compuserve; Fortune 500 retailers; and ERP software developers --to mention a few.

He is also a Guest Lecturer at USC in the Masters and Ph.D. program Computer engineering, and at the Southwest University School of Law where he teaches Software, Computer, and Outsourcing Contracts – from a practical real-world point of view.

Mr. Reid graduated with highest honors from Baruch College in New York City and earned his M.S. and M.B.A. degrees from the Wharton Graduate School of Finance. He is a highly published author and has appeared on radio and CNN as an expert in systems technology.

Mr. Reid is very exited about the progress he is making in an extracurricular project to develop new methods using music to help patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia regain access to their long term memory."

If you’d like to contact me directly, you may email me at wsreid@wsrcg.com, or call me at my office at +1-818-986-8841.