Bogdan Hoanca

Professor of Management Information Systems

University of Alaska Anchorage•  May 2002 - Present

May 2019 – May 2020: Department Chair, Information Systems and Decision Sciences o Led the department through a challenging period of program and budget consolidation • March 2017 – May 2018: Interim Dean o Led a faculty of 40+ and a staff of 20+ balancing an operating budget of $10 million in a year of 5% cuts and increasing enrollment o Led the rewriting and updating of the strategic plan in the transition between two deans o Wrote the successful application for reaffirmation of business accreditation (AACSB) o Oversaw the establishment of two partnerships with universities in China and Mongolia, leading to faculty and student exchanges • May 2002 - Present: Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS): Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in project management, MIS, data networks, computer programming o Awarded Best Late Breaking Result Paper, Eye Tracking and Applications Conference o Received Best Paper award at Information Systems Education Conference o Awarded Teacher of the Year o Mentored students in developing pro-bono e-commerce websites for community partners o Listed in Top 40 under 40 in Alaska • Leadership roles: o Faculty governance (President, UAA Faculty Senate; Chair, University of Alaska Faculty Alliance) o Higher education accreditation (commissioner on the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, co-chair of UAA accreditation committee, chair of CBPP accreditation committee, invited speaker at accreditation conferences) o Professional societies (IEEE section chair for Alaska, member of editorial board for the Journal of Information Systems Education) • Cross-cultural experiences with Alaska Native elders, students, culture camps

Consultant

Sierra Monolithics•  March 2002 - December 2002

Wrote code simulations for 10-40 Gb/s fiber optic systems and for signal integrity analysis for electronic 10 Gb/s communications systems leading to several new product designs

Vice President and Lead Optical Engineer

Teradvance Communications, LLC•  July 2001 - May 2002

Participated in the simulation, development, and testing of a prototype high-speed fiber optics transmission system leading to two core patents for the company

Co-founder and engineering manager

Phaethon Communications, Inc •  August 1999 - July 2001

• Wrote the business plan which raised $7.5 million of VC funding in the first round • Helped raise the second round of $22 million in VC funding • Negotiated several patent licensing agreements • Led the staffing efforts in building the core team of 20 engineers • Equipped and staffed the Optical Testing Laboratory, with capabilities for testing long-distance fiber optic transmission at data rates of 10 Gigabit/s • Supervised and directed four optical and electrical engineers and several technicians in developing the architecture of two new products and leading to several patents for the company

University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles

Electrical Engineering, PhD•  August 1994 - May 1999

Dissertation title: Optoelectronic enhancements to single instruction multiple data computing architectures (including VLSI design, testing, and architectural optimization) GPA 3.95/4.00

Syracuse University, Syracuse

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, MS•  August 1992 - July 1994

Thesis title: Routines for Computing Capacitances of Structures with Cylindrical Symmetry (simulation program written in C) GPA 4.0/4.0

University Politehnica of Bucharest

Electrical Engineering, BS•  September 1987 - June 1992

Senior project title: Integrated Programming Environment for Emulating Motorola DSP 56000 on IBM Personal Computers (working alone, wrote from scratch an integrated development environment with emulator and debugger in C and assembly language, 30000+ lines of code) GPA 9.86/10.00, class rank 2/350