Drs. Hong-Mei Chen and Rick Kazman have been making an impact internationally.    Dr. Chen’s expertise in Business-IT alignment and Dr. Kazman’s on economics-driven analysis and evaluation of software architecture have been sought after in industry as well as in academia.   Two recent examples: 

• In October, they were invited to give a series of talks in Korea:  1) by subsidiaries of the nation’s three largest conglomerates: Samsung SDS, SK C&C, and LG CNS,   2) by a symposium organized by KOSTA (Korea Software Technology Association) and KIPA (Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency), attended by over 300 people and with simultaneous English-Korean translation, and 3) by Korea University.   During these visits their expertise was consulted by top executives of these companies, including the Chief Technology Officer of Samsung SDS, the CEO and the Vice President of SK C&C, and the Chief Architect of LG CNS.

• In August,  they traveled to Finland to give invited talks to:  Nokia Corporation,  OP Bank Group (the largest financial services company in Finland), an association of the Finnish telecommunications industry, and a European Union Enterprise Architecture industry forum.  On each of these occasions Drs. Chen and Kazman gave advice to government and industry practitioners and researchers. They met with top corporate executives as well as government officials of the Finance ministry.   Finally, they were invited to give short courses at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland, and had a productive research exchange with their faculty.

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