History

Al Pangelinan began his journey as an IV&V consultant conducting code reviews. Dr. Michael Cox had already 10 years of IV&V experiece by this time. As Al Pangelinan gained more IV&V experience, he realized the many components that provide the foundation to IV&V.

Al Pangelinan presented his idea of creating an organization to certify IV&V consultants to various leaders in the IV&V arena. However, Al Pangelinan did not obtain any agreement, so he discontinued.

Al Pangelinan and Dr. Michael Cox worked on several IV&V contracts together and found that more and more unqualified consultants were winning IV&V contracts.  Because of their experience, Dr. Michael agreed he would then help Al Pangelinan pursue his idea of certifying IV&V consultants.

Al Pangelinan created IV&V Institute, Inc. He and Dr. Michael Cox continued to develop a curriculum to certify IV&V consultants.

Al Pangelinan and Dr. Michael Cox trained and certified over 50 consultants to ensure that they have the right skillset to provide IV&V services.

Dr. Michael Cox passed away. 

Al Pangelinan continued to develop curriculum and develop the IVVBOK.

IVVI certified over 100 members, which included an IV&V team in the US Air Force.

Al Pangelinan completed the IVVBOK (A Guide to the IV&V Body of Knowledge), which was published in September 2026. In addition, Al Pangelinan developed the IV&V guardrails and introduced IVV.AI.