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Emmie Mercer
Dr. Emmie Mercer
Department Head

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Southern Wake Campus
Building E - 321BB

919-866-5274 (office)

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Emmie Mercer
Dr. Emmie Mercer
Department Head

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Southern Wake Campus
Building E - 321BB

919-866-5274 (office)

Education

  • DBA, Data Analytics, Grand Canyon University
  • MS, Management Information Systems, Florida Institute of Technology
  • BS, Mathematics, Auburn University of Montgomery

Certifications / Training

  • MS Office Specialist: Excel Associate (Office 2019)
  • PCEP - Certified Python Programmer
  • Raspberry Pi Certified Educator
  • Tableau Desktop Specialist
Frank Chao
Dr. Frank G. Chao
Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 326Q

919-866-5359 (office)

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Frank Chao
Dr. Frank G. Chao
Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 326Q

919-866-5359 (office)

Education

  • BS ‐ Peking University
  • MS ‐ North Carolina State University
  • PhD ‐ University of Missouri

Licensure

  • Oracle Certified DBA and Application Developer
Peter Chen
Peter Chen
Associate Professor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building B - 340

919-866-5360 (office)

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Peter Chen
Peter Chen
Associate Professor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building B - 340

919-866-5360 (office)

Education

  • AAS ‐ Wake Technical Community College
  • BS ‐ Fong Chia University
  • MIS ‐ North Carolina Central University
Hong Cui
Hong Cui
Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 326Q

919-866-5996 (office)

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Hong Cui
Hong Cui
Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 326Q

919-866-5996 (office)

Certifications

  • MS Office Specialist Word & Excel 2003 Core
  • IC3 Certified Professional
  • Microsoft Specialist: Programming in C#
  • Microsoft Certified Professional
  • Information Technology Specialist Certification in Python

Education

  • BS ‐ Ocean University of China
  • MS ‐ North Carolina State University
Katherine Grimshaw
Katherine Grimshaw
Assistant Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 326M

919-335-1305 (office)

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Katherine Grimshaw
Katherine Grimshaw
Assistant Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 326M

919-335-1305 (office)

Education

  • MS, Analytics, North Carolina State University
  • BS, Applied Mathematics, North Carolina State University

Certifications / Training

  • SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9
  • SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9
  • SAS Certified Statistical Business Analyst Using SAS 9: Regression and Modeling
  • SAS Certified Predictive Modeler Using SAS Enterprise Miner 7
Justin Rowland
Justin Rowland
Assistant Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 326M

919-335-1269 (office)

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Justin Rowland
Justin Rowland
Assistant Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 326M

919-335-1269 (office)

Justin Rowland has been teaching Business Analytics at Wake Tech since 2015. Before becoming an instructor, he worked as a data scientist and data visualization specialist for various local companies, including SAS, Appia, MaxPoint and Epic Games. He specializes in teaching data visualization using Tableau, predictive modeling using Python and data engineering using SQL.

Education

  • BS, Discovery Informatics, College of Charleston
  • MS, Analytics, North Carolina State University
Lorrie Tomek
Dr. Lorrie Tomek
Instructor

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Lorrie Tomek
Dr. Lorrie Tomek
Instructor

Education

  • BS, Binghamton University
  • MS, UNC-Charlotte
  • Ph.D., Duke University

Certifications / Training

  • ACUE
  • Effective Teaching Practice
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