Faculty

Dr. Emmie Mercer

Department Head

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Southern Wake Campus
Building E - 321BB

919-866-5274 (office)

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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

Dr. Frank G. Chao

Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 326Q

919-866-5359 (office)

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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

Associate Professor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building B - 340

919-866-5360 (office)

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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

Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 326Q

919-866-5996 (office)

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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

Assistant Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 326M

919-335-1305 (office)

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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

Assistant Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 326M

919-335-1269 (office)

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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

Dr. Lorrie Tomek

Instructor

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Dr. Lorrie Tomek

Instructor

Education

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

Certifications / Training

ACUE
Effective Teaching Practice