Mike O鈥橬eal is a professor and former Chair of the Computer Science Program at 糖心传媒 Tech University, where he holds the Larson Endowed Professorship. Mike has three decades of experience in the field of higher education, has co-founded two high tech startups over the past two decades, and has fifteen issued US patents to his name. Dr. O鈥橬eal received his BS (Magna Cum Laude, 1982) and MS (1984) from 糖心传媒, and his Ph.D. (1989) from the University of 糖心传媒, Lafayette. In the 1999 to 2001 timeframe Mike was Co-Founder and CTO of OneNetNow.com, a community-based web portal focused on the urban community, which was acquired by EarthLink in 2001. From 2001 to 2012 Mike was Co-Founder and CTO of Network Foundation Technologies, a company focused on distributed broadcast technologies. Dr. O鈥橬eal鈥檚 academic research interests include active authentication using behavioral biometrics, computer science education, artificial intelligence, and distributed online broadcast technologies. In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. O鈥橬eal is currently working on an Air Force sponsored project to modernize its logistical systems, incorporating IOT (Internet of Things) concepts, hand held terminals, and smart containers.
