In 1997, John Wooten teamed up with Tom Love to found ShouldersCorp, where he serves as Chief Architect and Lead Developer for Agile development projects. Prior to forming ShouldersCorp, Dr. Wooten was a computational physicist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he did pioneering work in several different areas, including 3D neutral beam focusing simulations, 3D ion heating, and 3D and plasma stability simulations. He also created a programmable HP calculator–like tool that used arrays and matrices along with visualization tools for data analysis of Tokamak and Stellarator data channels. Many of these projects involved large-scale computer code and evolved toward object-oriented concepts involving teams he managed according to what is now called Agile development.

Dr. Wooten has a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Nebraska. He was also the Principal Investigator for the Department of Energy Oak Ridge Educational Network (OREN), a program that led the US state of Tennessee in extending the Internet to regional schools, teachers, and students. He can be reached at jwooten@shoulderscorp.com