Ernie Wright has been using computer graphics to visualize scientific data for three decades. Early clients included the Defense Nuclear Agency Weapon Effects Directorate and the Central Intelligence Agency Office of Imagery Analysis. While a senior programmer for Newtek, he wrote the LightWave Server Development Kit and hosted the lwplugin mailing list. Since 2008, he has been a programmer and animator in NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, working primarily with data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. He has a B.S. in computer and information science with a minor in communication from University of Maryland Global Campus.