Summary
Dan O'Leary is a lecturer and researcher who applies simulation, visualization, and data science to improve decision-making and product innovation, drawing on a PhD in Industrial Engineering and a decade of academic experience at Auburn University. Before academia he spent nearly 25 years as a game development entrepreneur—co-founding and leading n-Space, releasing 45 titles, and founding a configurable firearms app startup that exited in 2021—bringing deep product development and commercializing experience. He teaches and develops curriculum across business-engineering topics, engineering economics, and product launch while conducting research in analytics-driven systems. Comfortable moving between hands-on technical work and strategic leadership, he blends studio-level production discipline with rigorous modeling skills. Avidly curious outside work (climbing, skating, music and games), he brings an unusual practitioner’s perspective to engineering education and technology transfer.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Industrial Engineering, 4.00, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Industrial Engineering, 4.00 at Auburn University