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Thomas Ho

Wycliffe Bible Translators USA
11221 John Wycliffe Boulevard
Orlando, FL 32832-7013
USA
+1 317 288-1790

THOMAS I. M. HO is Director of Internet Strategy at Wycliffe Bible Translators USA. Previously, he was Professor of Computer and Information Technology at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Previously, he was a Senior Fellow in Information Systems and Computer Science at the National University of Singapore from 1993-1994. From 1990-1992, he was Director of the Information Networking Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. From 1978 to 1988, he was Head of the Department of Computer Technology at Purdue University which has been recognized by the Data Processing Management Association for its Four-year Institution Award for undergraduate computer information systems programs. From 1986-1988, he was on loan from Purdue to serve as Executive Director of the INTELENET Commission which oversees INTELENET, INdiana TELEcommunications NETwork. He received his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Purdue University.

Dr. Ho has always been in the forefront of innovating on the World Wide Web. During the aftermath of the disputed election in Iran in 2009, his contribution Azadi4Iran.info was featured in The Washington Post. As Indianapolis Social Media Examiner for Examiner.com, he keeps his finger on the pulse of social media in Indianapolis. Dr. Ho has been actively involved in distance education experiments with real-time streaming to add instructional value to Web-based training. He is one of the founders of IUPUI's CyberLab. Until recently, he was also involved in electronic commerce with particular emphasis on commercial activities on the Internet. He is also engaged in efforts to motivate primary and secondary students to study information technology. While in Pittsburgh, he served as External Liaison for Common Knowledge: Pittsburgh, a project to provide Internet access to the Pittsburgh Public Schools. In Singapore, he was a consultant to the IT2000 Education Sector Programme of the National Computer Board. Currently, he is engaged in experiments to apply “Web 2.0” tools to improve teaching and learning through information technology. In the social media space, he is most engaged in helping non-profit organizations to harness social media to build community. Especially, he is a strong proponent of "personal branding via an online identity" as demonstrated by this page. Finally, he is fascinated by mobility and is currently using a Sprint Treo 800W (Windows Mobile) until he gets his new phone from Wycliffe.

He is a charter member of the Indianapolis chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM) International. In April 1996, he was named by the Indianapolis Business Journal to its “Who’s Who in Information Technology.”

OFFICE ADDRESS (effective September 1)

Department of Information Technology
Wycliffe Bible Translators USA
11221 John Wycliffe Boulevard
Orlando, FL 32832-7013 USA
Phone & Fax: +1 317 288-1790
Email: Tom (at) DrThomasHo.com
Twitter: @DrThomasHo
AIM: drthomasho


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