| I studied studio art at the New York
Student Art League and the Boston Museum School. I earned my degree in
Computer Science and Visual Studies from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in the 1983. After graduating, I continued
at MIT as a technical instructor and developed an early color
pre-press design system for the Visible Language Workshop, now part of
the MIT Media Lab. Following
this I was a project lead at Lucas Films on the EditDriod project, an
early nonlinear editing system.
 I
have created art using 3D graphics, video disc, and real-time video
processing. Some of my interactive art installations have been
exhibited internationally.
My interest in both art and technology lead me to Macromedia
(formerly MacroMind). From 1987, at Macromedia I developed a number of
products, including: The VideoWorks Accelerator, VideoWorks II,
MediaMaker, Action, and Macromedia Director. I created for a number of
core technologies including the Lingo Scripting engine. Until I left
the company in 2001, I held the position of Chief Scientist, the
highest engineering position at Macromedia. |
My
most significant contribution to the computer industry to date is the
invention of the 
While
creating multimedia tools, I was also a professor at New York
University's graduate 