Received the B.Sc in Mathematics/Computer Science from Indiana State University in 1984 and M.Sc in Computer Science from University of Miami in 1985. He received the Ph.D. in Software Engineering from University of Strathclyde in 1993. He is an Associate Professor and the Dean of Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia. His research interests are software engineering, software measurement, software quality, and security in computing.