Joseph J. Breunig 3rd was born on June 26, 1958 at the Dow Air Force Base Hospital in Bangor, Maine. Eventually, he and his family moved to Portland after the birth of 3 additional brothers. In 1976, he graduated from Deering High School in the top 10% of his class (while participating in the College Curriculum Program). That ensuing summer, he had his first job at the Westbrook Forestry Department, primarily removing tree trunks. After surviving the summer of manual labor, he enrolled at USM (or Pogo U. until the name change during 1978) as a math major. For a couple of years, Joe tutored students in mathematics and introductory Computer Science classes.

During the summer of 1981, Joe landed an entry-level programming job with Keane (a software consulting company). For the next ten years, he developed software at the New England businesses of Unum, Bath Iron Works, Liberty Mutual, Chubb, AIG and GTE Slyvania. After a brief employment period with BIW, Joe became an independent computer consultant. His travels took him to Coca-Cola, M&M/Mars and Caldor. Upon the closure of Caldor, Joe joined Nine West as an employee of their MIS department. After four years, the department was outsourced into the joint-venture of HCL Jones Techologies. For two years, he worked in the IT department at C&S Wholesale Grocers. Presently, he ia back at BIW.

In November 2006, Joe self-published his first book of Christian poetry. Four more unpublished manuscripts of poetry have been written, but require additional funding.

In September of 1986, Joe married his wife Joyce. She also is a Maine native, having attended schools in Biddeford. Presently, they are living in New England, USA.