In 1997, Tom Love teamed up with John Wooten to found ShouldersCorp. The firm has done major projects for commercial and government customers, including the US Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs (VA), and Human Services. ShouldersCorp is currently managing the replacement of all hardware and software systems at all intensive care units in over 100 VA medical centers throughout the country. Since ShouldersCorp's founding, Dr. Love has led numerous Agile development projects, all of which have delivered on time, on spec, and on budget.

Prior to forming ShouldersCorp, Dr. Love held management positions at GE, ITT, IBM, and Morgan Stanley. He also was a founder of PPI/Stepstone, OrgWare, and Worldstreet. Dr. Love has a PhD in cognitive science from the University of Washington. He is the author of the 1993 book Object Lessons. He serves on the Board of Visitors for Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute. He can be reached at tlove@shoulderscorp.com.