TSYS School Introduces New 18-Member Advisory Board

The TSYS School, led by Rania Hodhod, announced the formation of a new advisory board at the Turner College's March 2026 meeting. Composition of the board includes a mix of industry professionals, academic experts and some of the TSYS School's top undergraduate and graduate students. The professional members of the new TSYS School Advisory Board are Curtis O'Neal, founder and CEO of Cybernetics Global, Victoria Thomas, Director of Career, Technical and Agricultural Education for the Muscogee County School District, Shea Spencer, Business Development Consultant for Global Payments, Jonathan White, Information Security Manager at Global Payments, Jose Canedo, Senior Software Developer at Global Payments, Jaden Jefferson, IT Support Specialist at Aflac, Anita Lawrence, Director of Output Services at FIS, and Adbdelrahman Arafat, Systems Engineer at Ankerpak. On the academic side of the board are TSYS School computer science professors Yi Zhou, Jianhua Yang, Amjad Hossain and Hodhod, Magy Seif elNasr, UC Presidential Professor at the University of California — Santa Cruz, Hossein Sarrafzadeh, Associate Dean of Innovation at Old Dominion University, Nahla Belal, Dean of the International Study Center at Arab Academy, and Valencia Coleman, adjunct professor at the University of Alabama — Huntsville. Joining these industry professionals and academics are Dheeraj Kola, a graduate student in the TSYS School, and TSYS School undergraduate students Adam Bova and Evan Ahmed. The Advisory Board consisting of these 18 individuals will offer advice on curriculum development, course content, post-graduation employment and other issues facing the TSYS School going forward. Turner Business congratulates these experts for this professional achievement.

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ABDC Releases 2025 Journal Review, Now Ranks Journal Edited by Phil Bryant

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