Michael Moorman received his Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy in June 1963. He served 21 years in the US Air Force before moving into the academic field where he has been since. During his tenure in the Air Force, he earned master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University and in business administration from the University of Northern Colorado. He obtained his PhD in 1991 in adult education and computer science from Texas A&M University- Commerce. He has been a full-time faculty member at Saint Leo University in Saint Leo, Florida since 1989, and has been a professor of computer science since 2003.
As a teaching professor, he spends much of his time working with students to broaden their knowledge and prepare them for the real world outside of academia. He was chair of the computer information systems department from 1992 to 1999, and chair of the department of business administration from 2002 to 2006. He was instrumental in creating the computer information systems and computer science majors at Saint Leo. He has taught courses across the spectrum of computing, including at the undergraduate level--Programming in Visual Basic, Programming in C/C++, Programming in Java, Spreadsheet Applications, Introduction to Internet Applications, Computer Architecture, E-Commerce, Systems Analysis and Design, Decision Support Systems, Disaster Recovery, Database Concepts and Programming, Network Theory and Design, and Project Management--and at the graduate level--Decision Support Systems, Web Security Management, and Systems Security Management.
His areas of interest include databases, programming languages, computer applications and information systems, particularly as they are applied to business. He is a member of ACM, IEEE and the local chapters of both. He has been a reviewer for Computing Reviews since 2001, and has written over 20 reviews.