Dr. Randall J. Dyck

CREDENTIALS EARNED:

IBM Master certification in Business Intelligence and Predictive Analytics 2018

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (Instructor Excellence Award) 2015

Microsoft Certified Trainer (C#.NET, VB.NET, XML, ASP, ADO, SQL Server) 2008

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Information Systems Audit & Control Association, USA 2007

Doctorate in Business and Technology (PhD) Northcentral University, Prescott, Arizona, USA 2005

Investigated complexities in computer development (Specializations: Electronic Commerce and Supply Chains)

Fellow, Certified in Management (FCIM) Canadian Institute of Management, Toronto, Canada 1999

Masters in Business Administration (MBA) Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 1998

(Specializations: Accounting and Finance)

PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS: (Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals, USA)

CSP - Certified Systems Professional (systems analysis, project management)

CCP - Certified in Scientific Systems (statistics, pattern identification)

CCP - Certified in Operating Systems (configuration, databases)

CCP - Certified in Business Systems (design, development)

CDP - Certified in Data Processing (administration)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: (20 years in industry designing computers for business processes)

10/2020 - Present   Empowering New Generations of Achievers

Providing guidance on education improvements, publishing books, and accounting tools for learners

08/2005 09/2020 Southern Alberta Institute Technology (Instructor) > 2,000 students taught

Conducted Data Analytics courses (20 times)

Conducted ORACLE and SQL Server database courses (50 times)

Conducted Mobile development courses (5 times) Android, IOT

Conducted Programming courses (45 times) - C#, VB.NET

Conducted Business courses (10 times) Finance

01/2011 09/2020 University of Lethbridge (Professor) > 800 students taught

Conducted IT courses (25 times) MGT3061 Information Systems, MGT3862 E-Commerce,

and MGT3070 Supply Chains

08/2005 12/2010 University of Phoenix (Professor) > 2,000 students taught

Conducted courses in Computer Concepts (5 times), E-Commerce (5 times), Accounting,

Statistics (25 times), Finance (10 times), and Marketing (5 times)

08/2000 - 06/2008 DeVry University (Professor) > 2,000 students taught

Conducted ORACLE database courses (20 times)

Conducted Programming courses (20 times) C#, VB.NET, C, Java

Conducted Business Systems Development courses (20 times)

04/1998 - 07/2000 Cambridge Consultants (Consultant)

Constructed software tools to evaluate firms and their technological environments.

Conducted feasibility studies to assess financial benefits and organizational impacts of systems.

08/1996 - 03/1998 Mark's Work Wearhouse (POS/EDI Specialist)

Designed billing and bank reconciliation systems across departments.

Improved transaction processing by interfacing databases to banking networks.

Supervised installs of applications and DB/2 databases throughout national locations.

02/1992 - 07/1996 Richer and Associates (Consultant)

Implemented EDI and integrated inventory systems to cut costs and paperwork.

Connected banking systems to internal DB/2 and ORACLE systems for better controls.

Developed a Point of Sale system to lower training times and reduce operating costs.

11/1986 - 01/1992 I.S.I. Infosystems (Consultant)

Created financial systems to improve revenue generation and auditing controls.

Designed a national service system to increase revenues and customer service.

Converted databases to reduce development efforts for ORACLE and DB/2.

Led the design, development, and implementation teams.

ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

Information Technology and Systems Journal - Software complexity issues (ssrn)

Communications of ACM - Doctoral program evaluation (editorial)

News 3X/400 - Attaching business systems to the Internet

Internet World - Internet access techniques

COMPUTER BOOKS PUBLISHED:

Computerized Financial Systems (2014, October)

E-Commerce Concepts (2014, January)

CONFERENCE SPEAKER:

SYNON International Conference - Interfacing software to financial institutions

Calgary Oracle Users Group - Data warehousing and Data mining techniques

(coug.ab.ca June 10, 2010 and November 15, 2015)

INDUSTRY CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

CIO Summit Conference (2 times) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Synon International Conference (2 times) San Diego, California, USA

Internet World Conference (2 times) San Jose, California, USA

World Wide Unix Conference - San Francisco, California, USA

CISA Technology Conference - Singapore

SOFTWARE / HARDWARE:

Microsoft, Unix, IBM AS/400 (iSeries)

Oracle, SQL Server, DB/2, Access

C/C#.NET, Visual Basic.NET,  Javascript

ASP.NET, ADO.NET, HTML, XML, SQL

PERSONAL INTERESTS:

Travels throughout Canada, USA, UK, Mexico, China, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.

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