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Charles Willow (Chang-Hoon Yoo in direct Korean translation) was
born on January 9th, 1966 in Seoul, Korea.     He received his B.Sc.
degree in Industrial Engineering in February, 1987 at the Hanyang
University, Seoul 133-791, Korea.   He then entered the graduate
program of Hanyang University and received his M.Sc. degree in
Industrial Engineering in February, 1989,   specializing  in
Manufacturing Systems Engineering.

He was appointed the  best teaching assistant  from  the  computer
center of the Hanyang University for two consecutive years (1987
and 1988),  during which he was also nominated as  the  Interim
Deputy of the International Cooperation Board,  a member of the
Presidential aides  (viz. as a simultaneous interpreter; English to
Korean and vice versa) of the Republic of Korea (ROK).

He completed the mandatory military service for Korean male
nationals from August, 1989 through January, 1990,  and was
discharged from the 9th Paratrooper [viz. the Black Berets] brigade
of the Korean Army as a Second Lieutenant.

Charles subsequently joined the IBM, Korea in March, 1990, and was
transferred to IBM, London, U.K., where he worked as a systems
engineer. He left IBM in June, 1991 and worked for the Systems
Technology Management (STM), Inc., a consortium between the EDS
of the U.S. and LG, Inc. of ROK in Seoul, Korea for two months.

Charles joined the doctoral program of the Texas A&M University  in
fall, 1991 to pursue further graduate education. 
In August, 1996, he received an M. Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering
from Texas A&M  (College Station, TX, USA).   
He was a research assistant for the Knowledge-Based
Systems (KBS) laboratory from the fall of 1992 to spring, 1996.

Charles  was  admitted  to  the  doctoral  program  of  the  Industrial
Engineering department at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas
in summer, 1996. He completed his  Doctoral studies in the Spring
semester of 1999.    His concentrated area of study for his Doctorate
is in the field of Information Systems and Technology,
Systems Engineering, Management Science, and Systems Design
and Planning.

Charles  has to his credit  5  publications on recognized international
journals such as  ACM  Transactions on Information Systems,
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management,  and  the
International Journal of Production Research,   and  is in  the
stage of  4 additional submittals as of December, 1998.

Charles is a member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM),
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE),    Institute
of Industrial Engineers (IIE),  American Society of Manufacturing
Engineers (ASME),  the  Korean Association  of  Simultaneous
Interpreters (KASI), International  Simultaneous  Interpreters
Society (ISIS),  and the International Judo Federation (IJF).

He  currently is an Assistant Professor of MIS at the Monmouth University,
and works on a free-lance basis,  as  a designated simultaneous interpreter
(i.e., English/Korean)  for  the  United Nations  and  practices Judo
occasionally (-60kg,  Extra Light weight division). He held similar positions
and duties at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
from Spring, 2000 through Spring, 2004.