A 1985 Computer Science grad from Bradley University, Brian started developing barcode software for a Caterpillar supplier in 1987. Brian joined Cat in 1988 as a support engineer. He worked in several divisions of the company, including Electronic Tools, Self-guided Vehicles, Service Information Systems, Logistics, and Manufacturing Research.
Toward the end of his 25 year career, he took ownership of Caterpillar’s barcode manufacturing specification and participated in several projects to improve auto-identification technology use at Cat.
Since his retirement, he has been active on Stack Overflow, providing help to developers around the world with barcode-related problems and has created several barcode related utilities.