| Website | imeem.com/steve |
| Blog | twitter.com/steve... |
| UC Berkeley, BA | |
| USC Marshall School of Business, MBA |
Steve is an entrepreneur, technologist, and social software addict. Most recently, he served as Chief Marketing Officer and head of Business Development at imeem.
Joining in 2005, Steve helped transition and develop imeem (formerly a desktop IM startup) into a web-based social music service based around the concepts of user uploading, streaming, playlists, and social sharing. Merging concepts of social media technology and existing content filtering systems, Steve and the two original co-founders of imeem designed the 1st legal ad-supported, on-demand social music service on the Web. Today, the service is used by over 80mm people each month worldwide. (source:Quantcast).
In addition to overall company direction, Steve and his team were responsible for building the imeem’s product/market strategy, developer relations, marketing communications, and for managing the company’s content & technology partnerships.
Broadcast and Online Appearances/Mentions: The New York Times, Wired, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Fast Company, CNET, Billboard, Adweek, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, and VentureBeat.
Past Speaking Engagements: CES, CTIA Wireless, Digital Hollywood, South by Southwest, MIDEMnet, SNAP Summit, OMMA Social Media, Digital Music Forum.
Prior to imeem, he worked in both product development and business roles at EMI Music’s Digital Group, XUMA Technologies, WR Hambrecht, and Salon.com. Beyond tech stuff, he’s into gadgets, music, indie film, surfing, skateboarding, martial arts and cycling.
Today, Steve serves on the advisory board of awesome companies such as Animoto, StumbleUpon, Conduit Labs and Entropy Sports, while he works on plans for the next venture.
