I was born in Cortland, New York while my Dad was attending college there.  I'm told I was born during a snowstorm.  My family moved to Long Island shortly after I was born.  I grew up on Long Island, NY in the town of Sayville and graduated from Sayville High School in 1989. I'm proud to be a New Yorker and a Long Islander. 

I attended a local college on Long Island (SUNY Farmigdale) for a couple years, my major was in computing graphics.  I was unsure of what to do with myself after High School and community college was a good stepping stone.  Computing graphics consisted mostly of CAD, drafting, and visual graphics courses. I did very well at Farmingdale (I never averaged under a 3.75) and decided to continue my education. I applied to the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo and I was accepted into their Industrial Engineering program. I started taking Geography courses while I was at Buffalo and found that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) was somewhat similar to the computing graphics courses I had taken previously. I became interested in the visual and graphic aspects of GIS as well as the technical aspects. Eventually, I enrolled in the Geography department and received a Bachelors degree in Geography. I continued my studies in Buffalo and completed the Masters program there as well. My Masters project involved a land suitability and cost analysis project for additional housing at the Univsersity at Buffalo.  Of the top five sites I chose for housing in my thesis, the University has since constructed housing on three of those sites.

I moved to Denver while I was writing my Masters thesis. After two months, I received my first job as a GIS programmer/analyst. Eventually, I moved on to my next job with the USGS as a contractor. This is where I became interested in map serving technologies and the web. In November of 1999, I got a job with an engineering firm, contracted to do work for a telecommunications company as a web developer. Since then, I've been doing GIS consulting and am now a senior level GIS consultant and IT manager. Currently, I still live in Denver and work for a educational loan servicer as an IT manager.  In December of 2004, I was certified as a GIS Professional (GISP), certification number 00049742, by the GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) .

On July 26, 2003, I was married to Ivonne Roche. I have a step-son, Asa and a son, Bryan Anthony Steigerwald, who was born on June 17th, 2004.  We are expecting a baby girl in May of 2008.  We also have a boxer named Timmy. Other than web development and GIS, my interests are music (I'm literally into every kind of music including rock, bluegreass, jazz, latino and others), physical fitness, weightlifing, coffee, local beer, local restaurants, and anything that has to do with the ocean (seafood, beaches, sun).

To find out more about me and my family, visit my Family Website from the About Scott pulldown up above or visit steigerwald-roche.com directly.