J. Christopher Westland is Professor in the Department of Information & Decision Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago. He has a BA in Statistics and an MBA in Accounting from Indiana University and received his PhD in Computers and Information Systems from the University of Michigan. He has professional experience in the US as a certified public accountant and as a consultant in technology law in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia. He has authored numerous academic papers and scholarly books including Audit Analytics: Data Science for the Accounting Profession, Global Innovation Management, Red Wired: China’s Internet Revolution, Global Electronic Commerce, Structural Equation Modeling, Financial Dynamics, and Valuing Technology. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Commerce Research journal and has serves on the editorial boards of numerous technology journals. He has served on the faculties at the University of Michigan, University of Southern California, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China, Harbin Institute of Technology and other academic institutions. He is fluent in Mandarin, and in 2012 received High-Level Foreign Expert status in China under the 1000-Talents Plan. In 2024 he was recipient of a Fulbright award to Colombia.