Teaching Staff

Dr Lotto Lai has more than 20 years education, research and industrial working experience in a position of executive level, especially in the area of quality & innovation management, testing and certification (T&C) industry, as well as, AI Innovation by Extenics.  Dr Lai served in Hong Kong Science and Technology Park for near 12 years as Senior Manager of Quality System. Moreover, He has serviced the Hong Kong Society for Quality (HKSQ) since 1997. Furthermore, he has been appointed as a member of the Testing, Inspection and Certification Industry Training Advisory Committee (ITAC) by Hong Kong Qualifications Framework (HKQF), Education Bureau, HKSAR, since 2010.  In 2016 and 2020, Dr Lai was elected as a Fellow of the ASQ and Academician of International Academy for Quality (IAQ), respectively. He has nominated by Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC), HKSAR to be the 1st Hong Kong observer in ISO/TC 279 Innovation Management since 2016. Dr. Lai has also elected as Standing Committee Member of Extenics Society, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) since 2020.

• EngD in Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong
• MSc in Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• MPhil in Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong
• BSc in Computer Science, Victoria University of Technology
• BSc in Applied Physics, City University of Hong Kong

• Academician, International Academy for Quality (IAQ)
• Fellow, American Society for Quality (ASQ)
• Fellow, Hong Kong Society for Quality (HKSQ)
• Member, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI)
• Member, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
• Principal Auditor, International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA)