Managing SmarT transformation

Dr. Trung Nguyen has a history of successful teaching and leadership at RMIT Vietnam. Prior to his position at RMIT Vietnam, he worked at FPT Corporation and Open University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He has received a number of awards and scholarships for his academic work and contributions in the past 15 years. Trung is now Head of Department, Management, School of Business and Management, RMIT University. He was also in charge of the International Business program at RMIT Vietnam for over 4 years. This program has been the largest program of the university. He was also heading up the Master of International Business (MIB) program at the university.

Thuan (Nguyen Hoang Thuan) is a Senior lecturer and Senior Program manager of Digital Business program in the School of Business & Management, RMIT Vietnam. Before joining RMIT University in Vietnam, Thuan worked as Head of Software engineering department at Can Tho University of Technology, Vietnam. He also worked as teaching fellow for the joint program between University of Economics, HCMC and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has published papers in Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Frontiers, Australasian Journal of Information Systems, Group Decision and Negotiation, and several international refereed conferences.

Dr. John Walsh is Lecturer and Acting Program Manager, International Business at the Hanoi campus of RMIT Vietnam. His doctorate was received from Oxford University for a thesis related to international management in East Asia. He has lived and worked in Sudan, Greece, Korea, Australia, United Arab Emirates and Thailand, as well as his native UK.

He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers as well as books, book chapters and other works. He has conducted research for UNCTAD, GiZ, ERIA, ERIT Ministry of Trade and industry (Lao PDR), the World Bank, CAVAC (supported by AusAID) and other funding bodies. He has also supervised more than 20 students to graduation with doctoral degrees.

As Head of School of Business & Management (SBM), Professor Nkhoma’s primary responsibilities are to ensure a consistently high-quality, transformative experience for all SBM students, staff members and industry partners, and to continue the School’s positive impact on Vietnam and the Southeast Asia region

Associate Professor McClelland is the Deputy Head, School of Business & Management at RMIT Vietnam, responsible for Research and Innovation as well as Learning & Teaching. He has wide experience of education leadership, gained through 44-years in university roles in the UK, experience in Europe, France and Czech Republic as well as in Malaysia, Thailand, Australia and China, as a Visiting Professor. He has worked at RMIT Vietnam, initially as Head of Department Management since 2017, until his current role in 2020. A statistician, his subject is research methods and his PhD is in Virtual and blended learning for Business. Key career milestones include leading the production of the first UK national open learning Business Degree in the mid-1990s and the first UK online Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship in 2005 of which twenty- five UK universities were beneficiaries

Dr Seng Kiat, Kok is Senior Program Manager in Human Resources and Entrepreneurship in the School of Business and Management, RMIT Vietnam, and is an active researcher in the subject areas of public sector management, entrepreneurship, organizational dynamics and tourism. Seng has worked with a number of different academic and professional stakeholders developing both academic programs and real-world practice. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has delivered

Dr. Burkhard Schrage is a Senior Program Manager at the School of Business and Management at RMIT University Vietnam. Prior to this, he was a Professor of Strategy and Organization at the Singapore Management University. His award-winning teaching and acclaimed research are in the areas of corporate and business strategy, empirical aspects of privatization and deregulation, and corporate governance. Burkhard was a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School and has lectured at the Harvard Business School.

Associate Professor Watkins is Head of the RMIT Centre for Digital Excellence (CODE) at RMIT Saigon South campus.

He researchers the impact of new technology on people, places and processes. He has conducted field studies in Australia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, and the Solomon Islands.

Watkins is an experienced research team leader and has led multiple projects on digital media and new tech for the Australian Research Council as well as external funding bodies.

With CODE, he led the Blockchain Roadshows 2018 and 2019 at multiple venues in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with the RMIT Blockchain InnovationHub.

Dr. Alrence S. Halibas is a seasoned academic administrator and educator who has an extensive track record for her work in higher education. Dr. Halibas is currently the Program Manager of Digital Marketing at the School of Business and Management, RMIT Vietnam. Prior to joining RMIT, she held the post of Programme Leader in the Faculty of Computing Sciences at Gulf College, Oman from July 2012- Jan 2020. Furthermore, Dr. Halibas once served as the Dean of the College of Computer Studies and an Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Information Technology at La Salle University, Philippines for 11 years. Dr. Halibas is a holder of several IT certifications, an active researcher, and reviewer. She has published research papers in several refereed journals and peer-reviewed conference, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE) and Informing Science Institute (ISI), USA. She served as a technical panel member and session chair in several international research conferences.

With over 25 years of experience in Business Management, Technology, Hospitality and Education. His research and expertise cover the areas of Operations Management, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Technology & Innovations Management, Hospitality Management, Digital Marketing and Human Resource Management

Han Jung Woo is a lecturer in the Department of Management at RMIT University Vietnam, where he has been since 2019. Before joining the RMIT team, He has been working in higher education institutes from the UK, the US, and Singapore for the last ten years. He received his B.Com and MBA from RMIT University and MSc and DBA from Heriot-Watt University

Dr. Nguyen Anh Thu is a former senior executive in property development and hospitality industry. She is a veteran entrepreneur with three start-ups. She is currently a lecturer in digital marketing. Her outstanding teaching has received wide recognition from RMIT management, students and industry partners. She has worked with several clients such as Unilever, L’Oréal, Lazada, Pizza 4Ps, L-Concepts Group, Victoria Hotels and Resorts. She won RMIT Vietnam Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching in 2016. She received RMIT University Deputy Vice Chancellor Education’s Award for Teaching Innovation in 2018.