T-ski is Professor and Chair of the Computer Science Department at Rutgers University and a founding father of The Professors. T-ski was the driving force behind the raw and hard-edged early Professors sound, contributing such original songs as "Unabomer," Dark and Stormy Day, "You Haven't Hurt Me" (inspired by Smokin' Joe Kubek), and Crap.

In the move that shocked the music world, T-ski left the band in December 1997 to pursue solo projects. In an exclusive interview given to the New Jersey Star Ledger, T-ski announced that he is composing an album of "heavy-metal cyber-anthems" (see Kevin Coughlin, April 6, 1998, Rutgers is teaching Web Sites How to Talk. New Jersey Star Ledger, Tech Section, p. 21, 24). His 21-year old son, M-Ski, is quoted as saying "It's not bad, Dad, but you've got to scream more." There is also some incidental material in the article referring to T-Ski's work as a computer scientist.