Provost: Dr.  Le Nguyen Bao

WORK EXPERIENCE

DUY TAN UNIVERSITY (DTU), Da Nang, Vietnam
Provost of DTU (2018-now)     

DUY TAN UNIVERSITY (DTU), Da Nang, Vietnam
Vice Provost of DTU (2007-2018)

• Overlooking R&D efforts and administrative work at DTU
• Managing different international joint academic programs of Duy Tan University with international partners, including Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University, California State University, Purdue University, University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV), Singapore Polytechnic, etc.

DUY TAN UNIVERSITY (DTU), Da Nang, Vietnam
Director of Academic Affairs & Director of Center of Information Technology (CIT) (2006-2007)

• Overlooked the academic affairs for over 20,000 students of Duy Tan University
• Designed Academic Management Information Systems at DTU, and integrated it with MS Dynamics ERP 

CARLSON TRAVEL, Carnegie, PA
Project Business Lead (Fall 2005)

• Reconciled revenue discrepancy between iBANK and SABRE global reservation systems using IT solutions

MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, San Jose, CA
Database & Web Designer (Summer 2005)

• Developed and maintained an intranet web site with online financial reports and search tools for a database of some 2,000 salespersons and 50,000 transistor parts
• Carried out Siebel-Pivotal data cleansing, processed computer logs, and built certain security tools

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA
Teaching Assistant (2005)

•     Assisted the lecturer of Object-Oriented Software Analysis & Design in preparing teaching materials, helping students do homework, and grading homework assignments

CITYA1 DRIVING SCHOOL, Buffalo, NY
Computer-Support Assistant (Summer 2002)

• Developed and maintained a website and an email system for advertising to and recruiting driving students

ONLINE FORUM OF VIETNAMESE .NET DEVELOPERS
Forum Moderator (Summer 2001)

• Moderated day-by-day discussions on C#, ASP.NET, XML, SQL 2000 Server, and Adobe Photoshop

EDUCATION

HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY – HONG KONG, CHINA
Doctor of Hospitality & Tourism Management, April 2024
Thesis on "The Use of FR Technology in the Hotel Industry and its Acceptance Process"                 

DUY TAN UNIVERSITY – DA NANG, VIETNAM
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, December 2017
Thesis on "Refined Imagine Processing for Facial Recognition (FR)"

CMU-K – UNITED STATES
Doctor of Business Administration, December 2010
Thesis on "Ad Interference & an Understanding of Weaker Brands’ Situation"

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (CMU) – PITTSBURGH, PA
Master of Information Systems Management, December 2005
Merit Scholarship of Carnegie Mellon University
Overall GPA:4.00/4.0

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO (UB) – BUFFALO, NY
Bachelor of Science (Honors) - Business Administration, February 2004
3 Concentrations: Management Information Systems (MIS) & Finance &Marketing
Overall GPA:3.99/4.0
Business GPA:4.0/4.0

FOREIGN TRADE UNIVERSITY (FTP) – HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
Transferred to State University of New York at Buffalo at the end of the freshman year

LE QUI DON HIGHSCHOOL (FOR THE GIFTED) – DA NANG, VIETNAM
TRUNG VUONG JUNIOR-HIGH – DA NANG, VIETNAM
NGUYEN HUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – DA NANG, VIETNAM

AWARDS & HONORS

Talents of Vietnam, Top 1 Award for the 3D Human Anatomy (computerized) Models (2017)
Personally awarded by the Prime Minister of Vietnam         

National Research Project of Vietnam in the Biometric Identification for the Military (2011)
First student ever achieved the maximum GPA in the Master of Information System Management program of Carnegie Mellon - Carnegie Mellon is considered one of the top 4 schools for Computer Science and Information Systems in the United States: MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, and UC Berkeley.

2004 Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key for Academic Excellence - awarded to the top-one undergraduate student graduating from the School of Management at the State University of New York at Buffalo

Beta Gamma Sigma Scholar (2003-2004)
Beta Gamma Sigma is one of the highest honors society for AASCB-accredited business programs in U.S.

Advanced Honors Scholar of the State University of New York at Buffalo (2001-2004)

• Carried out a wide set of additional school work, including double majors, 3 graduate courses, a senior thesis
• Participated in many community and extracurricular activities such as helping nurses at a local hospital, collecting food for the orphanage, mentoring new students at UB, and so on

Listed in the National Dean’s List for 4 straight academic years (1999-2003)

Golden Key International Society (June 2000)

National Excellent Student Scholarship to College – Vietnam (October 1998)

Second-Prize of the Provincial Competition in Informatics of the 12^th grade (in Da Nang) (1998)

Third-Prize of the National Competition in English of the 12^th grade (during 11^th grade) (1997)

Second-Prize of the National Competition in English of the 9^th grade (No 1^st Prize in 1995) (1995)