Dr. Binshan Lin is the BellSouth Corporation Professor for the School of Business, Louisiana State University in Shreveport.  He received his Ph.D. from the Louisiana State University in 1988.  He is an nine-time recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award at LSUS.  Dr. Lin received the Computer Educator of the Year by the International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS) in 2005, Ben Bauman Award for Excellence in IACIS 2003, Distinguished Service Award at the Southwest Decision Sciences Institute (SWDSI) in 2007, Outstanding Educator Award at the SWDSI in 2004, and Emerald Literati Club Awards for Excellence in 2003. He has published over 200 articles in refereed journals since 1988.

Dr. Lin served as President of Southwest Decision Sciences Institute (2004-2005), President of Association for Chinese Management Educators (2003-2004), President of International Chinese Information Systems Association (2000), Program Chair of IACIS Pacific 2005 Conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Program Chair of Management International Conference (MIC) 2006 in Slovenia, General Chair of MIC 2007 in Slovenia, MIC 2008 in Spain, and Program Chair of Technology Innovation and Industry Management (TIIM) 2009 Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. He also serves as a vice president (2007-2009) of Decision Sciences Institute (DSI).