WENLI WANG, Ph.D.

 

5665 Plaza Dr., Third Floor, Cypress, CA 90630

wenli@wenli.net; 1-800-375-9878 ext 2066

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 

Highly qualified and proven Researcher, Educator, and Technology Professional offers expertise in E-commerce and E-education. Equipped with superior interpersonal, management, and leadership skills. Respected innovative thinker; led numerous research efforts and has authored major interdisciplinary research papers in computer science, economics, and business. Proven capability to design niche E-commerce models and develop innovative educational programs. Proven capability to conduct qualitative and quantitative research, and skillful in both mathematical modeling and empirical design. Skilled in:

 

¨ E-commerce (E-market, E-education)     ¨ Auctions, Bidding, & Pricing

 

¨ Decision Sciences & Statistics                ¨  Security & Assurance

¨ Research methods                                   ¨ Telecommunications

 

Established some connections with leading business researchers and government (US, China, and certain countries in Europe). Well-connected with the Telecom and Manufacturing industries in China.

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Research

·       Published research papers in leading journals on diverse topics in technology, economics and business, including one tier-one publication, one tier-two publication, & several others.

·       Performed in-depth research on E-commerce, E-education, Online Auctions, IS Security & Assurance, Organizational Behavior, Strategic Management, as well as the Entertainment industry.

·       Offered expert industry insights and information sought by universities, conferences, and industrial leaders including eBay, Yahoo! and Google.

Teaching and Services

·       Designed and taught PhD research method and capstone courses at TUI University. Served on PhD program review committee. Managed PhD students’ qualifying exams over the past three years. Served as dissertation chair and committee member for about ten PhD students.

·       Served as Faculty Lead (equivalent to Department Chair) in College of Information System at TUI U.

·       Served on the committees of curriculum design, faculty search, PhD admission, course assessment, program review, faculty assessment, etc. Chaired BSITM program review committee at TUI Univ.

·       Designed and taught a wide range of PhD, MBA, BBA, and MIS courses at TUI University.

·       Taught 11 different courses (BBA, MBA, PhD) at the business schools of University of Texas at Austin, Emory University, and University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Average teaching evaluation 4 out of 5.

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

TUI UNIVERSITY, Cypress, California                                                                       2006 – present

 Associate Professor, College of Information Systems, College of Business Administration

 

University of Nevada, COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, Las Vegas, Nevada                2005 – 2006

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Management Information Systems

 

Emory University, Goizueta Business School, Atlanta, Georgia                2000 – 2005

Assistant Professor, Decision & Information Analysis (visiting in the first two years)

 

EDUCATION

 

University of Texas, Austin, Texas

Doctor of Philosophy in Management Information Systems, 2000

·       Minored in Computer Science and Economics

·       Advisor: Dr. Andrew B. Whinston

o   Dissertation: “Control and Assurance Services for Electronic Commerce”

·       Completed two-year master-level study before PhD program at UT Austin including:

o   Computer Software, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

§  Advisor: Professor and Vice Minister Wang Zhanning, Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Posts and Telecom, P.R. China; Chairman of 22nd Universal Postal Congress (UPC)

§  Subject: “Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Development in China”

o   Mathematics, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX

 

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, P. R. China

Bachelor of Science, with distinction, Computer Science and Technology, 1994

 

Referred JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

 

1."Binary Vickrey Auction – A Robust and Efficient Multi-unit Sealed-bid Auction against Buyer False-name Bids." Zoltán Hidvégi, Wenli Wang, and Andrew B. Whinston. Decision Support Systems. March 2007. Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 301-312.

 

2."Buy-price English Auction.” Zoltán Hidvégi, Wenli Wang, and Andrew B. Whinston. Journal of Economic Theory. July 2006, Volume 129, Issue 1, pp.31-52. (acceptance without revision the 1st round).

 

3."Neutralizing Piracy of Motion Pictures – Reengineering the Supply Chain of the Industry.” David A. Cook and Wenli Wang. Technology in Society. November 2004.

 

4."Designing Mechanisms for E-Commerce Security: An Example from Sealed-bid Auctions.” Wenli Wang, Zoltán Hidvégi and Andrew B. Whinston. International Journal of Electronic Commerce. Winter 2001-2002.

 

5."E-Process Design and Assurance Using Model Checking.” Wenli Wang, Zoltán Hidvégi, Andrew D. Bailey, and Andrew B. Whinston. IEEE Computer. October 2000.

 

 

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

 

1."Deterring Adolescent Dependency on Text Messaging: A Conceptual Model and Framework for Behavior Control,” Tom Barto, Wenli Wang. Proceeding of the 16th Americas conference on Information Systems (AMCIS’10). Lima, Peru, August 2010.

 

2."The Benefits of Unexpected Informal Customer Support from Vendors in Online Communities,” Yitshak Merin, Wenli Wang. Proceedings of the14th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS’08). Toronto, CA, August 2008.

3."Current Research on List Prices in Online Auctions," invited keynote speech, 2007 Annual Conference of the China Information Economic Society. Harbin, China, Jan 6-8, 2007.

 

4."To the Question ‘Does IT Matter?’ Hollywood Answers ‘Yes’." David A. Cook, Wenli Wang. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'05). Hawaii, January 2005 (acceptance without any revisions).

 

5."General Guidelines of Internal Control over Internet-based Electronic Commerce," Wenli Wang, Minnie Yi-Miin Yen. Asia Pacific Decision Science Institute (APDSI-05). Taiwan, June 2005.

6."Preserving and Interpreting Culture Heritage: Lessons Learned from Film Restoration." Wenli Wang, David A. Cook. Pre-ICIS04 Workshop on e-Culture, U-Tourism and Virtual Heritage. Washington D.C., December 2004.

 

7."The IS Framework for Preserving Dance Heritage." Wenli Wang. Pre-ICIS04 Workshop on e-Culture, U-Tourism and Virtual Heritage. Washington D.C., December 2004.

 

8."Sequential Auctions with Shill Bidding." Zoltán Hidvégi, Wenli Wang, and Andrew B. Whinston. The Fifth International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC'03). Pittsburgh, Oct 2003 (invited paper).

 

9."Buy-price English Auction," Zoltán Hidvégi, Wenli Wang, and Andrew B. Whinston.Workshop for Information Systems and Economics (WISE'02). Barcelona, Spain. December 2002.

 

10. "Shill Bidding in Multi-round Online Auctions." Zoltán Hidvégi, Wenli Wang, and Andrew B. Whinston. Proceedings of 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'02). Jan 2002.

 

11. "An e-Risk Primer. Xenia Ley Parker, CFSA. Acknowledged collaborative effort. The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation. Altamonte Springs, Florida. 2001.

 

12. "Economic Mechanism Design for Securing Online Auctions." Wenli Wang, Zoltán Hidvégi, and Andrew B. Whinston. Proceeding of Twenty-first International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS'00). Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, December 2000, pp. 676-680.

 

13. "Designing Secure Mechanisms for Online Processes." Wenli Wang, Zoltán Hidvégi, and Andrew B. Whinston. Proceeding -- International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC'00). Seoul, Korea, August, 2000, pp. 312-318.

 

14. "Digital Systems Design – An Example for Efficient Web-based Training.” Michael Wahl, Wenli Wang, and Rainer Bruck. IEEE Workshop on Design, Test and Applications. Dubrovnik, 1999. 

 

15. "General Guidelines of Internal Control over Internet-based Electronic Commerce.” Andrew D. Baily, Anitesh Barua, Wenli Wang, Andrew B. Whinston, and Minnie Yi-MinYen, Proceedings of 1998 Administrative Sciences Conferences: New Horizons & Role in Development, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1998.

 

16. "Binary Multi-Unit eAuction Robust Against Buyer False-name Bidding." Wenli Wang, Zoltán Hidvégi and Andrew B. Whinston. Internet Productivity Conference. Austin, TX. 1997.

 

SELECTED HONORS

 

·       Elected Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Database Management, 2004-2008.

·       Elected Editorial Review Board Member, International Journal of E-Business Research, 2004-2008.

·       Session Chair, Marketing Educators’ Association (MEA) Conference, 2009.

·       Program Committee Member

17th International World Wide Web Conference, 2008;

Information Resources Management Association International Conference, 2005;

Pre-ICIS04 Academic Workshop on e-Culture, U-Tourism and Virtual Heritage, 2004;

The Fifth International Conference on Electronic Commerce, 2003;

The Eighth Annual Informs Conference on Information Systems and Technology, 2003; etc.

·       Referee

National Science Foundation, Management Science, Information Systems Research, Decision Support Systems, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Communications of the ACM, IEE Proceedings--Software, International Journal of E-Business Research, Applied Artificial Intelligence, and many more.

 

 

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW OR UNDER DEVELOPMENT

 

1.  "Shill-Proof Fee (SPF) Schedule: the Sunscreen against Seller Shill Bidding in English Auctions." Wenli Wang, Zoltán Hidvégi, and Andrew B. Whinston. (complete paper)

 

2."Sequential English Auctions with Shill Bidding." Zoltán Hidvégi, Wenli Wang, and Andrew B. Whinston. (complete paper)

 

3."To the Question ‘Does IT Matter?’ Hollywood Answers ‘Yes’." Wenli Wang, David A. Cook. (complete paper.

 

4."Preserving and Interpreting Culture Heritage: Lessons Learned from Film Restoration." Wenli Wang, David A. Cook. (complete paper).

 

5."The IS Framework for Preserving Dance Heritage." Wenli Wang. (complete paper).

 

6."Sexting and Controls," Tom Barto, Wenli Wang. (working paper).

 

7."The Mystic Information System Beyond Computers," Wenli Wang. (working paper)

 

8."Organic IT," Wenli Wang. (working paper)

 

    Selective PhD dissertations under my guidance (Journal papers will be developed later):

 

9. "Management of Change to Ensure IS Success: An Empirical Study of An Academic ERP Implementation," Pauline Ash Ray. Serve as Chair.

 

10. "The Application of Theory of Constraints in Change Management of ERP Implementation," Jose I. Ortiz. Serve as Chair.

 

11. "Factors Affecting Knowledge Management Participation in Global Virtuality: An Integrative Approach," Guohua Zhou. Serve as Chair.

 

12. "A General Framework for Technology Compliance in Mandatory Settings," Vipan Devgan. Serve as Chair.

 

13. "The Benefits of Unexpected Informal Customer Support from Vendors in Online Communities," dissertation of Yitshak Merin. Serve as Chair.

 

14. "The Utilizing a Content Delivery Network to Reduce Costs of Infrastructure Expansion for Web Application Delivery in Remote and Bandwidth Restricted Areas," David Honeywell. Serve as Chair.

 

15. "Transition of Acquisitions: the Affect of Relational Models within Seven Business Domain," Devann M. Steele. Serve as Chair.

 

16. "TOC2 – Test of Contracting with Theory of Constraints in Government Procurement," Christopher Denise Knaggs. Serve as Chair.

 

17. "Sarbanes Oxley Act and Auditing Fees in Oil and Gas Industry," Ralph Wayne Ezelle, Jr. Sever sa Member.

 

18. "The Effectiveness of a Web-based Mercury Calculator as an Intervention to Reduce Methylmer Mercury Exposure," Sharon D. Wallace. Serve as member.

 

HOBBIES

 

Dance (Argentine Tango), Sports (Track and Field, Swimming), and Meditation (Yoga, Qigong and Tantra).

Competed in Women’s High-jump for 10+ years and achieved the title of National Level II Athlete in China.

R
EFFERENCES

 

Andrew B. Whinston, Ph.D.

Hugh Roy Cullen Centennial Chair Professor, Business Administration

Professor, MSIS, Computer Science, Economics Departments, The University of Texas at Austin

Director, Center for Research in E-Commerce

Management Science and Information Systems, B6500, 1 University Station, Austin, TX 78712

(512) 471-8879 (o), (512) 471-7962(CREC), abw@uts.cc.utexas.edu

Alok Gupta, Ph.D.
Carlson School Professor, Information and Decision Sciences

Academic Director, Carlson Consulting Enterprise
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota; 321 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 626-0276 (o), gupta037@tc.umn.edu

 

Paul Watkins, Ph.D.

Vice President of Academic Affairs
TUI University,

5665 Plaza Dr., 3rd Floor, Cypress, CA, 90630

(714) 816-0366 (o)

pwatkins@tuiu.edu

Anitesh Barua, Ph.D.

William F Wright Centennial Professor

Information, Risks, and Operations Mgmt

University of Texas at Austin

(512) 471-7895 (o)

anitesh.barua@mccombs.utexas.edu

George Easton, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Area Coordinator, Decision & Information Analysis, Goizueta Business School Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 727-3326 (o), George_Easton@bus.emory.edu

 Charles Noussair, Ph.D.

Professor, Economics Department
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 712-8167 (o),
cnoussa@emory.edu

David J. Pauleen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Management,

Massey University Albany

Private Bag 102904

North Shore City, New Zealand

(+64) 9 414-0800 ext 9467 (o), d.pauleen@massey.ac.nz

David A. Cook, Ph.D.
Professor, Director of Film Studies
Emory University, 109 Rich Building, Atlanta, GA 30322

 (404) 727-7991(o), dcook@emory.edu

Erik Stuart, Ph.D.

Senior Manager, Product Strategy

eBay Inc.

408-376-7496 (o), estuart@ebay.com

David M. Pennock, Ph.D.

Principal Research Scientist

Yahoo! Research

pennockd@yahoo-inc.com