View the World through HCA Alumni Jeff Glasse's Invention

Holy Child Academy (HCA) had a chance to catch up with alumni Jeff Glasse ’84 this Fall.  Jeff currently lives in New York City and has an impressive career in video production, educational software and hardware.  Today, Jeff is the founder and CEO of Kōgeto.

After graduating from HCA, Jeff went to Monsignor Bonner High School and then received his undergraduate degree at Princeton University.  Upon graduation from Princeton, Jeff began a career in film production at the Cubist Post and Effects, a postproduction video editing company in Philadelphia.  He recalls enjoying his work there; but, as you will read, Jeff has an inner drive to keep challenging himself.  

In 1998, Jeff moved to New York City and founded DIGIT New Media, an award-winning documentary and interactive production company.  There, he produced videos and interactives for clients, including ESPN and the United Nations.

In 2000, Jeff joined Teachscape, an enterprise software company focused on the educational market.  While at Teachscape, Jeff worked on a project called “Measures of Effective Teaching,” a project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  Jeff was tasked with finding a way to record 18,000 hours of classroom time at a reasonable cost – in under six months.  Since traditional videotaping would have distracted the students and only captured what the camera was facing, Jeff designed “Lucy,” a panoramic digital video camera that could be placed in the classroom and record without a cameraperson.  This invention not only reduced the price of a panoramic camera from about $150,000 to $2,500, but it also dramatically reduced the time it took to process panoramic video (previously 40 hours down to a single hour of panoramic video). 

After 10 years at Teachscape, Jeff ventured out on his own and founded Kōgeto.  At Kōgeto Jeff designed and started manufacturing the “Dot.”  The Dot is a panoramic camera that fits onto the back of your iPhone and will record 360° of video from your phone.  Check it out at  www.kogeto.com  and don’t miss a Dotspot posted by Jeff’s sister HCA grad Jennifer Glasse ‘82 and a reporter for the Arabic News Network’s English Language Al Jazeera. http://www.kogeto.com/dotspots/H44AOBY9Y9XW?query=&page=2&hp=1&sort=featured#.UGnCP42PXSg.

After sharing details about Jeff’s exciting career and amazing new product, Jeff took a few minutes to look back at his time at HCA.  Jeff had fond memories and credited show producer Frank Jackson with his love for the theatre.  Jeff also proclaimed his 4th grade teacher Mrs. Jean Kasmer as the best teacher “hands down” -- a pretty powerful statement coming from a man who helped study teacher’s effectiveness in the classroom!