Murali Chemuturi is author of four books, namely "Software Estimation: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques - A complete Guide for Software Project Estimators", "Mastering Software Quality Assurance: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques for Software Developers",Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques" and "Successin Life through Personality Engineering".

Murali Chemuturi is an information technology and software development subject matter expert, hands-on programmer, author, consultant and trainer. In 2001, he formed his own IT consulting and software development firm known as Chemuturi Consultants. Chemuturi Consultants help software development organizations achieve their quality and value objectives. The firm provides training in several software engineering and project management topics such as Software Estimation, Test Effort Estimation, Function Point Analysis, and Software Project Management, to name a few. His firm also offers a number of products to aid project managers and software development professionals such as PMPal, a software project management tool; and EstimatorPal, FPAPal & UCPPal, a set of software estimation tools.

Prior to starting his own firm, Murali gained over 15 years of industrial experience in various engineering and manufacturing management positions. He then gained more than 23 years of information technology and software development experience. His most recent position prior to forming his firm was Vice President of Software Development at Vistaar e-Business Pvt., Ltd.

Mr. Chemuturi’s undergraduate degrees and diplomas are in Electrical and Industrial Engineering and he holds a MBA and a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Methods & Programming. He has several years of academic experience teaching a variety of computer & IT courses such as COBOL, Fortran, BASIC, Computer Architecture, and Database Management Systems.

Murali is an member of IEEE, a senior member of the Computer Society of India and a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering and he is a well published author in professional journals.