Peter Rasquinha
Peter Rasquinha is a programmer analyst and instructor in Computing Science at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, BC. As an instructor, Rasquinha teaches in the Bachelor of Computer Information Systems program. As a programmer, Rasquinha assists the Office of the Registrar manage the student information system. Rasquinha believes that by using best pedagogical practices, students are actively engaged, trained for academic success and provided practical skills for employment. Rasquinha also believes that by applying current thinking in organizational institutionalism, the Information Technology Services department at the university can be provided with a framework to decrease conflict within the IT staff and thus provide efficient services to university stakeholders.
His doctoral research interests are in institutional logics framework and microfoundations of institutions with a focus on developing a framework that can be used to improve service. The framework will help in analysing the behaviour of the IT staff and overcome conflict when delivering services. Rasquinha believes that by having this framework, conflicts among the IT staff can be avoided resulting in efficient service delivery.
Rasquinha is a certified Project Management Professional, a certified Information Systems Auditor, and a Chartered Professional Accountant. He holds a Master of Science in Computers from the National Institute of Technology (1995) and a Master of Business Administration from the University of British Columbia (2006).
