He contributed to Meals on Wheels, Colorado University, Marist College, and Boulder Community Health. Joe received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2008 from Marist College, and the Distinguished Service Award from the College of Music at Colorado University in 2018. They married in June 2001 at the Sacred Heart of Mary. During his time leading different tech startups, he met 'his wife and his life', Rebecca Finley, after mutual friends insisted that they meet.

In his career he worked at IBM for 33 years, joined several startups, including McDATA, mentoring aspiring engineers and entrepreneurs, and held five patents. He moved his family from Poughkeepsie, New York to Boulder, Colorado in 1965 to help open the new IBM facility, fulfilling his ambitions of becoming an engineer, returning to Colorado, and providing an idyllic childhood for his children. While raising his children and working for IBM, he went to Marist College in Poughkeepsie and received his bachelor's degree in physics. In May of 1959, Joe married Jacqueline Husted, and together they raised five children. When he arrived at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs to begin his service, he looked out at Pikes Peak and promised he would return to Colorado. Joe was a medic and became a basketball champion in the army. Another dream of joe's was 'to see the world.' He joined the army from 1956 to 1958 and was stationed in Germany. After high school, he went on to work for IBM and completed an apprenticeship to become a tool and die maker. Since elementary school, joe always wanted to know 'how things worked' and aspired to be an engineer. He grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York and graduated from Roy C.

Joe was born to Rose and Theophil Negler in Februrary 1934 in Winona, Minnesota.

On the night of June 04, 2022, Joseph Theofil Negler, formerly of Poughkeepsie, peacefully passed away at the age of 88 surrounded by loved ones.

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