Dr. Yen has his doctoral degree of Human Resource Management in National Central University and master degree of Tourism Management in Chinese Culture University. Currently working as an assistant professor at the Institute of Education/Teacher Education Center of National Taiwan Ocean University. He is currently the convener of the Talent Development Committee of the Taiwan International Cruise Association, the secretary-general of the Asian Marine Educators Association (AMEA), and the board member of the Taiwan Sustainable Development Exchange Association. He used to be a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and a postdoctoral researcher and the session leader of the policy development department of the Taiwan Marie Education Center(TMEC) who is responsible for the cultivation of marine professionals, including the development of the cruise industry talent cultivation policy. He mainly teaches marine education, human resource management, marine tourism education, marine professional talent cultivation and learning organization.