Gerry Manacsa is a designer, multimedia artist and technologist living in Houston, Texas.

As an engineer working on the Space Shuttle program in the early 90s, he was a pioneer in using the web as a medium for data dissemination and communication for geographically dispersed workgroups.

He later broke ground in mixed-media storytelling in the early days of the consumer-oriented web, foreshadowing the rise of blogs, photo sharing and social media with a personal multimedia journal that ran from 1996 through 2007.

As a lead designer and technologist with an innovative young Internet startup, he helped to create new learning methods that took full advantage of the medium, helping that company become a successful leader in its space.

Gerry later joined another young and innovative startup, WOWIO, where he is continuing to help remake the world of books for the digital era. He also works on wide-ranging freelance projects, from web sites of political campaigns, artists, and filmmakers to concept studies for new web services and social networks.

In his off hours, Gerry is a photographer and explorer, looking forward to traveling the world with his wife, Karina.