William Tan
 

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William Tan
Lecturer
Office: HA654
Phone: 604-822-9571

 

   
Academic Interests

  • Business Intelligence; Tools, Management, Practice.
  • User-Interface and Computing Devices Design and Implementation.

Do you know?

  • We are "Canada's leading academic business school" Among the top 5% of business schools globally (Financial Times 2003, 2004, 2005).

Courses I Teach (On Rotation)

  • BAIT527 - Business Intelligence (MBA).
  • BUSI335 - Management Information Systems.
  • COMM335 - Developing Information Processing Systems.
  • COMM337 - Introduction to Business Programming.
  • COMM435 - Developing e-Commerce Applications.
  • COMM437 - Database Design and Administration.

Professional Awards

  • Letter of Commendation (Teaching Excellence), Director Business Programs, UBC, September 2007.
  • Letter of Commendation (Teaching Excellence), Director Business Programs, UBC, January 2007.
  • Arne Olsen Summer Teaching Development Award, UBC, June 2004.
  • Arne Olsen Summer Teaching Development Award, UBC, June 2003.
  • Nominee, Teaching Excellence Award, Commerce Undergraduate Society, UBC, March 2002.
  • Nominee, Teaching Excellence Award, Commerce Undergraduate Society, UBC, March 2001.
  • Innovation Award, CS Engineering, IBM Singapore.

Academic Awards and Achievements

  • Distinction, Graduate Thesis, MScB, University of British Columbia. "A Semantic Object-Oriented Computer Assisted Software Engineering (CASE) tool for Enterprise Modeling".
  • Awarded Equity & Merit Scholarship, Australian International Development Assistance Bureau, (Asia Pacific Competition) Masters in Engineering, Science and Electrical Engineering, University of New South Wales.
  • University Medal, Acadia University, Canada.
    "I confirm that at the convocation of Acadia University [...] you received the University Medal [...] for having the best academic record among the students graduating with that degree." - D.J. Green, Registrar, Acadia U.
  • University Scholar, Acadia University, Canada.

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Military Service

  • I salute our men and women serving in the Canadian Military. Without their sacrifice our lives as we know it will come to an immediate and abrupt end.

The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and do not reflect those of the University or The Sauder School of Business.