The Backstory
Many have been surprised to discover Ted's technology career was born from the 1990's New York City pop and jazz music scene. Ted moved to NYC, post undergrad, to pursue further music ambitions, continuing his studies with legendary drummer Kenwood Dennard (Miles Davis, Sting). As a then unknown from small coal town Pennsylvania, his music career evolved into performing in sold out venues with members of Phish, The Psychedelic Furs, Blue Oyster Cult, and guitar icons Frank Gambale (Chick Corea Elektric Band), Marty Friedman (Megadeth) and, frankly, uncountable others. All while leading his own popular NYC jazz trio.
In those same years often regarded as NYC's last great live music decade, Ted also worked as a recording engineer and studio manager at some of New York's top recording studios where he developed a new found passion for all forms of digital production technologies (music, film, photography), mastering all the early tools required for pro level media production.
A fervent believer in "getting out at the top", and noting the winds of change in the music industry, Ted segued to passions beyond music performance and officially retired from music performance in 2000. With a newly earned Master's degree in 3D animation technologies from NYIT (alumni includes Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith), Engineworks was born that year, with Ted taking early technology leadership rolls in major NYC-based film, fashion and media companies, cementing Engineworks as New York City's go-to technology provider for the arts and entertainment industries.
Ted has taken Engineworks on a magnificent journey over the years, providing technology leadership for film companies like The Criterion Collection and Disney, fashion icons Ralph Lauren, DKNY, Michael Kors, internationally acclaimed NatGeo photojournalists, to successful Silicon Valley startup One Kings Lane, and Swiss bank UBS. Since 2023 Ted's been a resident technology leader at New York University's world renown Tisch School of The Arts.