Family & Early Years

I was born on February 12, 1962, and raised in Green Lane, Pennsylvania. Jane and Bill are my parents, and Sally is my sister. I attended school in the Upper Perkiomen School District, playing trumpet in the band and performing in school plays. Sally and her husband Jim Semper have two lovely girls, Corinne and Chelsea.

Education

I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Math and Computer Science from West Chester University in 1984. (that's my advisor, Dr. Weaver).


I received a Master of Science degree in 1986 from the Department of Computer Science at Brown University. While there, I worked with their Computer Graphics Research Group. Dr. Andries van Dam was my advisor.

Work

During the summers of 1982-1984 I worked at Atari Computer Camps in East Stroudsburg, PA. I taught Assembly language programming and advanced graphics techniques to smart rich kids from Long Island, and improved my video gaming skills.

From July of 1987 through October of 2001 I was on the research staff at the Program of Computer Graphics at Cornell University, working for Dr. Donald P. Greenberg.

In November of 2001 I began working for the GIS group of Autodesk here in Ithaca, NY.

My Life

I enjoy playing sports, including golf, softball, tennis, ice hockey and cross country and downhill skiing. I also like to travel, cook, fold origami, work with stained glass, listen to music, read, and watch TV.

I've been married to Karen McCaffery since September of 2001, and in March of 2003 we were blessed with a son, Sean. Life is good!