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Professional Experience
2024-01 ~ present
Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Business and Information Technology, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO
bit.mst.edu
2023-02 ~ 2023-07
Research Technology Specialist
Research Computing Center, Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
rcc.fsu.edu
  • Research technology and research data support
  • Support and training of scientific applications
  • Contributing to technical aspects of high performance computing (HPC) system
2022-09 ~ 2023-02
Researcher (Research Data Repository System)
Health Data Science Initiative/School of Information, Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
healthdata.fsu.edu
  • Participated in project management activities
  • Responsible for the installation, configuration, and testing of research data repository system (Harvard Dataverse) and related services
2022-05 ~ 2022-08
Teaching Faculty I Adjunct
ASCENT Project, Florida State University at Panama City
Panama City, FL
ASCENT
  • Provided information technology training to teacher groups in the Northwest Florida area
2022-05 ~ 2022-08
Teaching Faculty I Adjunct
School of Information, Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
School of Information
  • Taught undergraduate course of LIS 3706 Information Systems and Services
  • Major course modules: Linux, bash scripting and MySQL for problem-solving, conventional SDLC and agile IT project management, and ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) for information technology service management (ITSM)
2022-05 ~ 2022-08
Project Team Member
Health Data Science Initiative, Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
healthdata.fsu.edu
  • Participated in project management activities and the planning of data lifecycle management systems.
2021-12 ~ 2022-05
Teaching Faculty I
(ISM4212 Database Management; ISM4117 Business Intelligence)
College of Business, Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
business.fsu.edu
  • Taught undergraduate courses of Business Intelligence and Database Management
2018-01 ~ 2021-12
Lead Instructor
(LIS3706 Information Systems and Services: SP18, FA18, SP19, FA20, SP21, SU21, FA21)
School of Information, Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
ischool.cci.fsu.edu
  • Taught the undergraduate course LIS 3706 Information Systems and Services
  • Major course modules: Linux, bash scripting and MySQL for problem-solving, conventional SDLC and agile IT project management, and ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) for information technology service management (ITSM)
2019-05 ~ 2020-12
Core Team Member and Web Application Developer
The Health Big Data Initiative project, Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
healthdata.fsu.edu
  • Developed a Web-based research data lifecycle management system prototype with research collaboration and project management features
  • Participated in the project management and system design meetings
  • Facilitated research data management of pilot projects
2006-02 ~ 2016-08
Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
Department of Management Information Systems, Chung Yuan University
Chungli, Taiwan
cycu.edu.tw
  • Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in management and information systems
  • Conducted research in e-learning and knowledge engineering
  • Advised graduate students and undergraduate capstone projects
  • Served in committees at departmental, college, and university levels
2008-01 ~ 2010-12
Director
(administrative service to the government)
Elite StudyInTaiwan Program Office (ESIT), Ministry of Education
Chungli, Taiwan
esit.org.tw
  • Participated the initiation and negotiation of international talent mobility scholarship projects for the training of government employees and higher education faculty members
  • Managed collaboration with ASEAN countries including the annual Taiwan Higher Education (THE) fair/exposition and the bilateral Higher Education Forum (HEF)
  • Led the ESIT Consortium (50+ universities in Taiwan) for international higher education cooperation and international student recruitment
  • Supervised the development of the ESIT website and web applications
  • Started international higher education marketing projects targeting ASEAN and India through quarterly newsletters and Google AdWords
2006-08 ~ 2008-02
Director
(administrative service to the university)
Office of International Programs, Chung Yuan University
Chungli, Taiwan
oia.cycu.edu.tw
  • Managed international recruitment and international collaboration projects for the university
  • Initiated and managed an international student recruitment project with yield of more than 100 international graduate students in one year
  • Created an international scholarship project with four graduate programs
2005-04 ~ 2006-02
Project Consultant (postdoctoral research position)

Digital Education Institute (DEI), Institute for Information Industry (III)
Taipei, Taiwan
iii.org.tw
  • Managed research and consulting projects in the National Science and Technology Program for e-Learning project (E-Learning National Project, ELNP)
  • Led a research team in national e-learning and digital policy research and proposal development including the E-Taiwan annual master planning
  • Provided project consultation to the industry for e-learning development in content, system, and quality assurance
  • Supervised e-learning training and development workshops
  • Worked as part of the DEI e-learning think-tank for government agencies
2000-08 ~ 2004-01
Assistant Director for Information Systems
Office of Admissions, Ohio University
Athens, OH
ohio.edu/admissions
  • Managed IT operations and projects including data analysis, web and desktop application development, system administration, and support
  • Developed an online admission application system and an analysis portal
  • Implemented IS/IT services including Active Directory, DNS, SQL database, file sharing/backup and networked drives, Exchange server, messaging, and security
  • Represented the office in university IT functions and meetings
  • Supervised a group of IT staff members and work-study students in system administration, technical support, and application development
1999-08 ~ 2000-08
Technology Specialist
(part-time)
College of Education, Ohio University
Athens, OH
ohio.edu/education
  • Provided IT administrative services including budgeting, purchasing, and inventory to the college
  • Provided technical support to faculty and staff members
  • Managed two computer labs (Windows and Mac) and a media center
  • Supervised a group of work-study student assistants
  • Managed the of the information technology sector of the college
Honors, Scholarships, & Grants
*funded project
2021
Esther Maglathlin Doctoral Research Scholarship
(Florida State University)
2020
Esther Maglathlin Doctoral Research Scholarship
(Florida State University)
2019
Esther Maglathlin Doctoral Research Scholarship
(Florida State University)
2018
Lewis-Marxsen Scholarship
(Florida State University)
2012
BEST ADVISOR OF THE YEAR
(university honor, Chung Yuan University)
2011
BEST ADVISOR OF THE YEAR
(university honor, Chung Yuan University)
2008 ~ 2011
The Elite StudyInTaiwan Project
Funded by the Ministry of Education
(300,000 USD annually)
www.moe.gov.tw
2011
Evaluation Indexing System of e-Schoolbags & Learning Apps
Funded by Corporate Synergy Development Center
(4,000 USD)
csd.org.tw
2010 ~ 2011
E-learning on Cross-Cultural Management Knowledge Transfer in Transnational Firms: A Comparative Study of Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines
Funded by National Science Council
(Grant #: 99-2420-H-033-001)
(15,000 USD)
most.gov.tw
2009 ~ 2010
Evaluation of Chinese Language Learning Market in the United States
Funded by Institute for Information Industry
(60,000 USD)
iii.org.tw
2008-2009
A Scalable Moodle Learning Management System: Prototyping, Instructor Training, and Sharing Among Universities in the Region
Funded by the Ministry of Education's University Teaching Excellence Award Grant
(30,000 USD)
cycu.edu.tw
2009
An Indexing System for the Evaluation of Government e-Learning Management Platforms
Funded by Corporate Synergy Development Center
(4,000 USD)
csd.org.tw
2007
An Investigation on the e-Learning Policy and Implementation Strategies in the Higher Education of Taiwan
Funded by Institute for Information Industry
(20,000 USD)
iii.org.tw
2002
ADMISSIONS EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
(Office of Admissions, Ohio University)
ohio.edu/admissions
Technical Skills
Programming
Productive in PHP & Bash shell; proficient in Python & Java; working knowledge of JavaScript & C#
Database Management
MySQL, MS SQL, MongoDB, SQLite; MySQL Workbench
System Administration
Linux & Windows Servers
Web Development
LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), JavaScript MVC full stack, jQuery AJAX, CSS, HTML, ASP & ASP.NET MVC
Data Science
Data Analytics, Data Visualization
Development Tools
VSCode, JetBrains IDEs (PyCharm, PhpStorm, IntelliJ IDEA), Jupyter Notebook, git
Interests
Building (coding and carpentry), working with people, reading, movies, kayaking & fishing
 
Education
2016-06 ~ 2022-04
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
    • in Information Science
School of Information, Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
ischool.cci.fsu.edu
1997-09 ~ 2005-06
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
    • in Instructional Technology
College of Education, Ohio University
Athens, OH
ohio.edu/education
1993-09 ~ 1995-06
  • Master of Education (M.Ed.)
    • in Elementary Education
School of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, Ohio University
Athens, OH
ohio.edu/education
1983-09 ~ 1989-06
  • Teacher’s Certificate
    • in Elementary Education
    (Specialization: Language Education)
National Taipei Teachers College
Taipei, Taiwan
ntue.edu.tw