WHO IS STEVE B?

The design and implementation of innovative technical processes and architectures to reduce costs and improve quality, service levels, time to market, and morale while ensuring continued organizational alignment.

I have 15 years experience as a CTO including acquisition due diligence, integration of acquired firms, and continuous improvement of both R&D operations and product architectures in the US, Europe, India, and Morocco.

Earlier in my career, I served in technical management positions at several Fortune 500 companies, holding responsibility for software design, consulting and global IT infrastructure growth. I served as director of architecture for 20th Century Fox, where I established the architecture department and was responsible for both software development and managing the growth of the company’s global IT infrastructure.

I designed and implemented multiple software organizations including designing the software development processes for an ERP software vendor and a Siemens software product subsidiary and I designed the 24/7 operational processes for the No. 1 automotive Web site on the Internet, www.toyota.com. I also served as Vice President of Software Development for BondNet Trading Systems where I was responsible for the design and construction of a nationwide distributed bond trading system. In an earlier role, I also worked as the Director of the Object Oriented Consulting practice for Tier Technologies.

I am a published author and U.S. patent holder. I received a B.S. in Microbiology from Purdue University and an M.S. in Molecular Biology from Washington University in St. Louis.