Dan Dao Page ContentFaculty, Game Design, RichlandHistory With Dallas CollegeRichland's dean of information technology from 2004 to 2006Instrumental in developing Richland’s Digital Forensics programEducational BackgroundBachelor’s degree in speech pathology and audiology, University of Texas at DallasMaster’s degree in computer science, University of Texas at DallasAs a graduate student, wrote PC role-playing games and networked his neighborhood for multi-player gamesRelated Professional ExperienceCurrent research and development project is XNA Game Studio Express and DirectXWorks in the e-commerce industry to develop secure codes that can withstand repeated attacks to test applications for security flawsSoftware programmer for Nortel and Ericsson Telecom Corridor corporations in the mid-1990sWrote his first “Hello World” program at the age of 12 using Basic programming, a procedural language, before shifting to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with game programming languages in C++, Java, Unreal Scripts, Flash Action Scripts and PythonAreas TaughtInteractive Simulation and Game TechnologyCyber Security, including Digital ForensicsGame Development Using C++Advanced Game ProgrammingGame Simulation ProgrammingProgramming FundamentalsUnreal Engine 4