Currently
I am a co-founder and CTO of
Mission Research, a software
startup in
Lancaster, PA. We are makers
of GiftWorks -- affordable,
easy-to-use fundraising software for
non-profits. We have been selling
GiftWorks since the fall of 2004.
Chilisoft (1996-2004)
Prior to starting Mission
Research I was a co-founder of
Chili!Soft which was also founded in
Lancaster but moved in the first
year to Bellevue, WA. At ChiliSoft
we developed the first
cross-platform Active Server Pages
engine called Chili!ASP. ChiliSoft
was aquired by Cobalt Networks in
2000 who was then aquired by
Sun Microsystems in 2001.
Chili!ASP is now being sold as
Sun Java System Active Server Pages
4.0.
College (1990-1996)
I attended Penn State University
for both my undergraduate and
graduate studies. I graduated with
degrees in Mechanical Engineering
(which I haven't made much use
of). During my graduate studies I
created one of the first dynamic web
engines called SlipScript which
eventually turned into Chili!ASP.
Growing up
I grew up in Palmyra, PA with my parents Harold and Sondi Weaver and my brother Chad. At the age of 12 we moved to a small farm where my dad started the family business. I worked summers for that business until I graduated from college. I attended college in State College, PA where I met my wife, Michelle. I married Michelle in 96 and shortly after we moved to Washington state for Chili!Soft. We've recently moved back to PA and started a family. Life is good!