1974 Authored the first multiuser virtual reality simulation. This originated a lineage that, via Sublogics Flight Simulator, evolved into Microsoft Flight Simulator. (Plato lesson spasim)
1981 Plausibly invented the basis for Postscript (the reverse polish communications protocol that provided the basis for modern laser printing) and communicated it to Xerox PARC as Manager of Interactive Architectures for Knight Ridder News and AT&T in their joint venture company Viewdata Corporation of America.1985 Authored one of the first multiuser chat and conferencing systems for MS-DOS (FORA).
1992 As Vice President for Public Affairs of E Prime Aerospace Corporation, saw the stock of that company through a 1000% increase in market valuation, published in Space Technology International on the conversion of MX (Peacekeeper) Missile technology for commercial launch services, and led the successful pursuit of the first Ka-band satellite license ever issued (on behalf of E Prime's client, Norris Communications).
1993 Authored the reliable transaction subsystem of what became the most widely deployed automated toll road collection system (with Science Applications International Corporation).
1996 With Roger Everett Gregory, co-invented a simplified, high performance liquid rocket engine US Patent 6,212,876
1998 Pioneering innovations in Web-based Customer Relationship Management at Hewlett-Packard Corporation.2002 The Laboratory of the States demographic research website.
2006 Founding member of the Hutter Prize Committee.