Jon began working at OGT full time in December, 2018 but he has been working with OGT on a part-time basis since 2010 on various projects. He took over development of the ProTreat GUI in 2012. From 1998–2004 Jon taught programming at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, helping students learn to use computer technology in their artwork. Since then he has been developing software for a variety of projects including micro-controller applications, Windows applications, and internet/intranet applications, with many of these utilizing SQL Server or MySQL back-ends. He has experience with C, C++, Java, VB, C#, ASP, PHP, Cold Fusion, and SQL. Jon also writes software to interface with and control custom electronics embedded in his art installations that travel regularly to museum and gallery venues across the US.