MPICT Associate Director
 Christopher
Wu joined the Mid-Pacific ICT Center (MPICT) in October, 2010
as Associate Director.
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) is an
umbrella term, widely used outside the U.S. and in the U.N.,
to encompass all rapidly emerging, evolving and converging
computer, software, networking, telecommunications, Internet,
programming and information systems technologies.
MPICT’s mission is to coordinate, promote and improve ICT
education, with an emphasis on 2-year colleges, in northern
California, northern Nevada, southern Oregon, Hawaii and the
Pacific Territories.
Chris started working in his parents’ import/export company
and upon graduating college started working for a computer
manufacturing company in their financial development program
(modeled after GE’s program). This gave him a wide range of
experience in finance, including business controls, financial
analysis, and revenue accounting. He then worked in financial
services and as a research analyst at Mercer Management
Consulting (now Oliver Wyman), a worldwide consultancy.
Having always been interested in the connections between
schooling and work, Chris studied science, technology studies
and took courses in systems/software engineering, before
returning for graduate work in developmental psychology with a
focus on mathematics education and creativity. His doctoral
research focused on a form of “new vocationalism,” like career
academies, which integrate both work-based learning and
postsecondary qualifications. He has a continued interest in
career technical education (CTE) and conducted a pilot study
of one of the early Cisco Networking Academies in the late
1990’s.
He has worked as a consultant in banking, research, K-12, and
higher education sectors. This work included data analysis,
project management, strategic collaboration, and most recently
as the partnership manager for a cradle to career education
and workforce partnership.
Chris has a BA in mathematics (with a focus on economics) and
an MA in developmental psychology from the Lynch School of
Education, both from Boston College. He received his PhD from
the University of California, Berkeley in the Education in
Mathematics, Science, and Technology Program (EMST). Chris is
a firm believer in ongoing dialogue to improve the common good
and working to integrate our educational, civic, and economic
goals.
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