Instructors & Teaching Assistants
Selected Instructors:
All Instructors at Virginia Institute of Science & Technology (VIST) teach ONLY non-credit courses, prerequisite courses, and Certification Training courses for those non-degree students and provisional students. All Instructors at VIST must have a master degree(s) from accredited universities with at least 3 years of teaching or training experiences in the teaching field and also having 5-year of working experience in IT field.
Senior Instructors |
Degree & Institute |
Experts & Teach Field |
Mr. Wallace Hu Certified: Oracle Certified Master (OCM), Oracle Certified Expert (OCE), Cloudera Top Big Data Certification, Microsoft’s MCSE: Data Management and Analytics, Hortonworks Hadoop Certification, etc. |
Ph.D. Program in Operations Research (ABD) Institute of Delaware Master Degree in Urban Affairs and Public Policy, MS Information Systems Engineering, BS Mathematics, |
Mr. Hu has more than 23 years of senior leadership experience in leading Enterprise Information Management (EIM) system/ data integration solutions and implementing global data solution strategy. Solutions include Enterprise Data Integration Strategy, Analytics Solutions for both commercial and public, and the end-to-end delivery of solutions. Has extensive experience in helping clients achieve revenue growth through developing innovative Integration Strategies and effective Insight Driven analytics solutions. Specialized in Integration Strategy, Data Products, Channel Strategy, Business Process Management, and Customer Analytics. Led many high impact engagements which resulted in significant business value realization. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams delivering successful outcomes. defense companies in last 20 years. |
Mr. Yuan Liu Certified: CCNP, CCNA, MSCE, etc. |
Master Degree in Computer Science at GWU, Master Degree in Electronic Engineering at Xidian U. |
Mr. Liu has 25+ years experience of a Senior IT Specialist and Network Engineer. Currently, he is IT leader in USPTO department of Information Technology. Mr. Liu taught undergraduate courses at both XiDian Institute and George Washington Institute. |
Selected Teaching Assistants (TA):
All Teaching Assistants at VIST cannot teach any course, but to assist Professors in the classroom to help students. All TAs must be a master student or Senior at an accredited institute with a major in Computer Science, Computing Engineering, Information Technology or related field. Most TAs are volunteer and unpaid Internship to get a real working experiences related to their major field of studies at VIST via the teaching assistant tasks.