Moving to San Francisco when he was 17 from the Midwest, Corky worked for many years at "Professional Color Lab". Along with Basul Parik he started several businesses, bought and sold property and eventually entered the new field of computer editing, using Amigas and the "Video Toaster". He ran a successful computer group and was profiled at the time by the San Francisco Chronicle. He has created videos for many Artists, Galleries and local theatre shows, including Yuri Gorbachev, Tim Cantor.