He started his career at 19 years of age working at Tiffen[1] on his vacation time, making filters in the lab.
When he graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 1973, he began his full-time job at Tiffen managing the department for laminating filter glass.
[3] In 2012 he took on the position of Vice President of Motion Picture Filters at Schneider Kreuznach.
[6] In 1998, Tiffen, along with his father and brother, were presented the Emmy Engineering Award for their contributions to the design and manufacturing of camera lens filters.
More specifically, the award was for the Tiffen laminating process, which involves fusing together two layers of clear glass using a micro-thin bonding layer, which the award description says "provided the basis for an unprecedented level of color, contrast, resolution, and flare control".