As an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Allegheny College, Gregory M. Kapfhammer enables students to understand and create innovative software. By partnering with well-known technology companies and both creating and adopting open-source software, Kapfhammer designs and delivers interdisciplinary courses. Stressing the importance of oral and written communication and teamwork, Kapfhammer teaches undergraduate courses in areas such as data management, software engineering, and web development, releasing his course materials through GitHub repositories and mobile-ready web sites. An award winning researcher, he involves students in projects leading to the publication of papers and the release of software tools and data sets.