Dr. Les Pang teaches courses on information technology, information assurance and homeland security. He is a former professor at the National Defense University, Information Resources Management College, in Washington, D.C. He taught military and civilian leaders in the areas of data management, enterprise applications, multimedia, simulation, the Internet, and software technologies. He received a PhD in engineering from the University of Utah and a Masters in Business Administration (concentrating on Management Information Systems) from the University of Maryland College Park. He is the 2004 recipient of the Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award at the University of Maryland University College. He is a CISSP.