Summary
Masud Rana is a pragmatic IT educator and department chair with nine years of experience bridging academia and hands-on infrastructure work across cybersecurity, networking, cloud, and data analytics. Currently leading the Information Technology and Computer Science department at San Juan College, he designs industry-aligned curricula and integrates hands-on labs, LMS-driven courses, and hybrid learning to prepare students for real-world IT roles. His background includes practical systems administration—Intune, MS 365, firewalls, PBX—and data work using SQL, Tableau, STATA and Excel automation, giving him a rare combination of classroom pedagogy and operational experience. He has published peer-reviewed research and uncovered methodological insights in economic and banking data during graduate research, demonstrating an analytical mindset beyond typical IT instruction. A self-described lover of web and open source with JavaScript interests, he brings a developer’s curiosity to curriculum development and course tooling. Based in Farmington, New Mexico, he blends global academic credentials with practical industry practice to modernize IT education.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Information Technology, Master of Science - MS Information Technology at Emporia State University
Higher Secondary Business Studies, Higher Secondary Business Studies at Notre Dame College
Master of Business Administration - MBA Management Information Systems, Master of Business Administration - MBA Management Information Systems at University of Dhaka