Education
Ph.D. Candidate in Hospitality and Tourism Management, Expected August 2026
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Dissertation: Dynamic Pricing Strategies in the Home Sharing Economy (HSE)
M.S. in Statistics, May 2025
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
M.S. in Hospitality Management, February 2017
Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
B.B.A. in Tourism Management (with Honors), August 2012
Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
Academic Appointments
Instructor of Record (Aug 2024 – Present)
White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Research Assistant (Aug 2022 – Present)
Center for Hospitality and Retail Industries Business Analytics (CHRIBA), White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA (https://www.chriba-purdue.com/)
Research Grant
(PI) Bang, D.H., “The Impact of the Home Sharing Economy on Housing Market Dynamics in the Lake Michigan Area” — the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG), $10,000, Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
(Co-PI) Bang, D.H., Choi, K. W. (Co-PI) & Kim, C. H., “OTA Channel Strategy and Productivity Change for the Lodging Service Providers: A Dynamic Analysis Using Malmquist Productivity Index” — Jungseok Logistics Foundation, approx. $25,000, Jan 2022 – Dec 2022
(PI) Bang, D.H., “A Study on the Model of Measuring Service Quality Based on Voluntary Involvement of Consumers” — the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), approx. $12,000, Sep 2020 – Aug 2021
(Co-PI) Bang, D.H., Kim, J. K., Cha, Y. J., & Choi, K. W. (PI), “A Study on Optimizing the Hub & Spoke of O2O Delivery Platform” — Korea Sanhak Foundation, approx. $17,000, Jun 2020 – May 2021
(Co-PI) Bang, D.H., Kang, H. J., & Kim, S. W. (PI), “Predicting Market Trend Using Deep Learning and Text-mining” — Seoul National University Big Data Institute (SNU-BDI), approx. $13,000, Sep 2017 – Feb 2018
Work Experience
Betabrain Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea
Associate Manager, Data Analytics Team (Jan 2022 – July 2022)
Delivered professional development programs for data analytics to clients
Led the development of a franchise site-selection solution and built a prototype
Center for H&T Analytics, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
Adjunct Researcher (Jan 2020 – June 2022)
Led research projects funded by government organizations, including the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, and Small Enterprise and Market Service.
Korea Analytics Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea
Data Analytics Lead & Co-founder (Sep 2017 – Jan 2022)
Led 30+ data analytics projects for platform-based startups, retail, franchise, and manufacturing companies.
Delivered over 600 hours of professional development training on data analytics for employees in client companies
Contributed to the data voucher project funded by ICT ministry of Korea and developed data products
Republic of Korea Army, South Korea
Artillery Officer (Mar 2013 – Jun 2015) (Discharged as first lieutenant)
Served as Artillery Intelligence Officer and Headquarters Battery Commander at an Artillery Battalion, 8th Corps
Skills & Certificates
Statistical Tools / Programming R, Python, Stata, SAS
Others SQL, LaTex, Tableau
Certificates Certified Survey Analyst, Junior (Certified by Statistics Korea)
Scholarship
Academic Scholarship, Kyung Hee University, 2009-2012
Neo-Renaissance Scholarship, Kyung Hee University, 2009
Bright Society Scholarship, Kyung Hee University, 2010
ROTC Scholarship, Army Cadet Military School of Korea Army, 2012