Liang Yao

Adjunct Professor
Bank Examiner, Banking Information Technology

Faculty/Staff

LIANG

 

 

Assistant Professor (Adjunct)

Department of Management Information Systems
Fox School of Business, Temple University
209C Speakman Hall
1810 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6083

 

 

BIO

Liang Yao is an Assistant Professor (Adjunct) at Temple University’s Fox School of Business in Philadelphia, PA. Liang has been teaching for Temple Business School’s Management Information Science (MIS) and Accounting Departments since 2012. Liang received MIS department’s “Adjunct Faculty of the Year” award four times in the past 11 years, and the most recent one was from 2022 -2023 school year.

Liang Yao is a bank examiner working for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a federal banking regulatory agency within the United States Department of the Treasury. Liang specializes in technology and cybersecurity risk management. Before joining the OCC, Liang was a Supervising Examiner at Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (FRBP)’s Supervision, Regulation and Credit (SRC) department. Prior to join the FRBP, Liang was a senior manager at Morgan Stanley’s Internal Audit department responsible for the firm’s enterprise infrastructure auditing. Liang also worked for Prudential Financial in Newark and Deloitte & Touch in Philadelphia as a senior IT auditor for a number of years. In addition, Liang joined Information System Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Philadelphia Chapter’s Board between 2013and 2016 as a Collegiate Advisor and Alternative Director.

Liang Yao is also a seasoned banking information technology examination instructor.  While working for the FRBP between 2011 to 2020, Liang taught multiple IT and IT examination courses at the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank’s technology lab (STREAM Lab) for several years. The audience of the Labs came from state and federal banking supervising agencies as well as banking regulators from central banks of other countries such as Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand and South Korea.

Prior his auditing/examination career, Liang had worked for Temple University for five years as a technical support manager for the Student Health Services Department and Temple Medical School’s Finance Department. Liang also worked as a network engineer at Concord, Inc. at Philadelphia before joining Temple.

Liang obtained his MBA in 1995 and MS in Management Information Science (MIS) in 2002 from Temple University’s Fox School of Business Management. Liang received his bachelor’s degree in criminology from Eastern China Institute of Politics and Law in Shanghai, China. He is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Microsoft System Engineer (MCSE) and Certified Novell Netware Administrator (CAN).

MY SPECIALTIES:

Internal Audit, Technology Risk Management, IT Auditing, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, Cybersecurity, FFIEC IT Examination Procedures and Workprograms

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Phone: 1.856.905.4158

Email: Liang.Yao@temple.edu

Contact Information

liang.yao@templ.edu

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