Larry Constantine

Larry Constantine
Born	(1943-02-14) February 14, 1943 (age 74) Anoka, Minnesota
Nationality	American
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	University of Madeira, Portugal
Alma mater	MIT Sloan School of Management (S.B., 1967)
Known for	Structured Design structured systems analysis and design method
Notable awards	Jolt Award Stevens Award Simon Rockower Award
Notes
Writes fiction under pen name, Lior Samson

Larry LeRoy Constantine (pronounced Constanteen; born 1943) is an American software engineer, professor in the Center for Exact Sciences and Engineering at the University of Madeira Portugal, and considered one of the pioneers of computing. He has contributed numerous concepts and techniques forming the foundations of modern practice in software engineering and applications design and development.

Constantine grew up in Anoka, Minnesota, and graduated from Anoka High School in 1961 after being active in debate and thespians as well as other extra curricular activities. He was named "Most Likely to Succeed" by his classmates. Constantine received an S.B. in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1967 with a specialization in information systems and psychology. He received a certificate in Family Therapy 1973 from the Boston Family Institute, two-year post graduate training program.

Constantine started his working career as a Technical Aid/Programmer at M.I.T. Laboratory for Nuclear Science in 1963. From 1963 to 1966 he was a Staff Consultant and Programmer/Analyst at C E I R, Inc. From 1966 to 1968 he was President of the Information & Systems Institute, Inc. In 1967 also he became a Post-graduate program instructor at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. From 1968 to 1972 he was a faculty member of the I.B.M. Systems Research Institute.

In 1973 he became Director of Research, Concord, Massachusetts Family Service Society. From 1973 to 1980 he was Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University, School of Medicine. Until 1987 he was Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies (adjunct), University of Connecticut. From 1984 to 1986 he was also Clinical Supervisor, Adolescent and Family Intervention, LUK, Inc., Fitchburg, Mass. From 1987 to 1993 he also worked as Independent Consultant. He remained a Chief Scientist, Principal Consultant, Constantine & Lockwood, Ltd since 1993. From 1994-1999 he was Professor of Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Since 2006 has been a professor in the Mathematics and Engineering Department at the University of Madeira Portugal, where he headed the Laboratory for Usage-centered Software Engineering (LabUSE), a research center dedicated to study the human aspects of modern software engineering before becoming Institute Fellow at the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute in 2010.