Joseph A. Mauriello III was born in Manhattan and grew up across the Hudson River in New Jersey.

Upon graduating from Morristown Beard School, Morristown, New Jersey. Joseph went on to attend Rhode Island School of Design. While in school Joseph (Joe as his friends call him) studied Industrial Design, and graduated in 2003 with a BFA in Industrial Design. While in school Joe had the privileged participating in several multidisciplinary classes of wide acclaim. "Flow Studio," professored by Charlie Cannon, was featured in Metropolis Magazine, and the nationally renowned MIT product development studio. In Joseph's Sophomore year at the Rhode Island school of design he had the opportunity to design picture frames for a company call Market Vision. The frames were sold in major US department stores including Target and Macy's.

Upon Graduation Joe set up his first business, Thomas Anthony, LLC. The company's aim was to develop sustainable programs for the hospitality industry. Some of Thomas Anthony's clients included the World Bank, the EPA, and National Geographic. Joe had the opportunity to design a poster campaign for the World Bank as well as assemble a proposal for an educational art installation.

Recently Joe has focused on his love of technology and design creating web sites on a contract basis.

Currently Joseph is developing a career in video game design. Using Mark Overmar's Gamemaker engine, Joseph has recently completed his first game. "1883: Cowboys and Outlaws" is a simple scrolling shooter. "I was eager to get my hands dirty and develop a finished game. I utilized as many aspects of the Gamemaker engine as possible." Though simple 1883 has a complete storyline, and fun and challenging gameplay.

Joseph currently lives in Dorchester, MA.