Eugene Mosher

Gene Mosher (born January 13, 1949 in Watertown, New York) is best known for inventing the graphic touchscreen point of sale computer and is a pioneer of human-computer interaction, including application-specific GUIs and network computing.

Mosher is a 1966 graduate of Xaverius College in Borgerhout, Belgium and received a Bachelor's degree in Social Anthropology from S.U.N.Y. Buffalo in 1972.

As a restaurant builder/owner/operator from 1972 until 1984, Mosher first began writing point of sale software on his vintage Apple II computer in 1977 and pioneered such ideas as writing point of sale software to allow the use of a PC as an order entry device (1978) and printing orders in the preparation area of the kitchen (1979). Mosher sold his restaurant business in 1984 and moved from Syracuse, New York to Eugene, Oregon, where he began work on the first graphic touchscreen point of sale computer, based on the Atari ST. He developed computer-interface elements such as application specific touchscreen GUI's, and touchscreen GUI application development frameworks. He never applied for any patents or received any royalties for his pioneering innovations.

Mosher continues to work in this field at ViewTouch, Eugene, Oregon, the company he founded to advance his work.