Born in Toledo, Ohio, George Atkins studied engineering and photography at Cornell University where in 1983 he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He worked as a photographer a number of years, moving West in the mid '80's. He continued his studies at the University of New Mexico and at the University of California at Berkeley where in 1990 he received a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Atkins currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, and works in the computer industry in Silicon Valley.