Larry began his work at Rose-Hulman Ventures during June 2008, after 14 years in software development and higher education.

Most recently, he served on the faculty at Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA, where he taught computer science courses.  His teaching resume at Lycoming and Penn State includes programming courses in several languages, computer security, digital design, network design and analysis, operating systems, and parallel programming. 

Previously, Larry worked with Keystone Veneers, a division of The David R. Webb Company, the U.S. operation of The Danzer Group.  At Keystone, Larry was part of a global implementation team moving the company to the SAP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) platform.  He was responsible for the development of work-in-process software to track and assign value to product as it proceeded through the manufacturing process.  In addition, he has experience using computer vision for measurement and with PLC control programming.

Larry received his bachelor of science in zoology at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He has completed all requirements except his dissertation for a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Penn State. He has computer-science-related interests in Linux, robotics, computer architecture, and computer science and computer engineering educational issues.