Rob Vietmeyer

Rob Vietmeyer is the project manager for Forge.mil: a collaborative environment to accelerate the development and deployment of dependable software and services within the Department of Defense. Forge.mil is a DISA-led activity designed to improve the ability of the U.S. Department of Defense to rapidly deliver dependable software, services and systems in support of net-centric operations and warfare. SoftwareForge is the first component of Forge.mil to be deployed. SoftwareForge enables the collaborative development and distribution of open source software and DoD community source software. For open source and community source development projects within the DoD, SoftwareForge provides software development tools such as software version control, bug tracking, requirements management, and release packaging along with collaboration tools such as wikis, discussion forums, and document repositories to enable collaborative development amongst distributed developers.