I am the Principal of uFunctional LLC, Madison, WI, providing software management consulting to SIBs (software-intensive businesses). If you don't think you're in the software business, yet you've hired programmers, you're probably a SIB. How would you know when it was time for your executive team to bring in outside help?
I'm a physical scientist, writer and teacher, programmer, business analyst, project estimator, trained volunteer caregiver to the emotionally distressed, and independent consultant. Oh, and I also just finished a three-course graduate certificate in bioinformatics.