F. John Dian is a faculty at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Vancouver, Canada. He received his Ph.D. degree from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Dian has more than 20 years of experience in design and implementation of telecommunication circuits and systems. His research interests include Internet of Things, wireless telecommunication system design, and multimedia processing. Dr. Dian holds a certificate in business analytics from Harvard University, USA and co-chairs the center of excellence in analytics at BCIT. He has been recognized with several awards in teaching and research excellence.