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Dr. Xihui “Paul” Zhang is Professor of Computer Information Systems in the Sanders College of Business and Technology at the University of North Alabama (UNA) in Florence, AL. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Earth Sciences from Nanjing University (1993, 1996), Nanjing, China, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Management Information Systems from the University of Memphis (2004, 2009), Memphis, TN. He serves as the coordinator for the Information Systems concentration in the MBA program for the UNA College of Business and Technology. He has served on the organizing committee for the International Research Workshop on Advances and Innovations in Software Testing since its inauguration in 2007. He has participated in numerous professional workshops including three SAP University Alliances North America Workshops: the 2011 winter workshop at Sam Houston State University, the 2011 summer workshop at California State University at Chico, and the 2014 summer workshop at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. His research interests include the impact and management of information systems, software development and testing, as well as business and data analytics. His work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Information & Management, Journal of Database Management, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Journal of Information Systems Education, and Journal of Information Technology Management. He was presented with the UNA Academic Affairs Outstanding Scholarship/Research Award in 2016-2017. He was also presented with the UNA Sanders College of Business and Technology Faculty Excellence Award in Research twice: once in 2011-2012 and once in 2023-2024. He is a past Managing Editor of The Data Base for Advances in Information Systems. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Systems Education.