Dr. Emre Erturk is an Associate Professor of Information Technology, currently working at the Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) in Napier, New Zealand. Senior ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) member Emre Erturk is known internationally through conferences and editorships in cloud computing, educational technology, and digital divide/inclusion. Emre won the 2017 EIT CEO’s Research Award and has won paper awards in conferences since then. Emre’s papers can be found in Google Scholar, where he has more than 1,000 citations. In the past, Emre Erturk has been a Programme Coordinator for the Postgraduate and Master of IT Qualifications. Between 2016 and 2022, Emre was Chair of the EIT Research Ethics and Approvals Committee. He is currently a member of the EIT Academic Board. Between 2020 and 2022, Emre was Branch President of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Hawke’s Bay Branch. He has led an externally funded research project on the Digital Divide with Internet New Zealand from 2020-2022. Prior to EIT, Emre worked for the University of Maryland in various roles including Research Associate, Adjunct Assistant, and Adjunct Associate Professor.