Career
He is also known for co-founding one of marchFIRST"s predecessors, Whittman-Hart. He was the son of an electrician who worked for Chicago"s Inland Steel Company In 1984, he dropped out of Ball State University to found Whittman-Hart, a software and consulting company focused on delivering solutions for International Business Machines Corporation systems
He was the Chief Executive Officer of the resurrected WhittmanHart in Chicago when he died February 2, 2007 of an apparent heart attack.