| Website | bigoven.com |
| Blog | stevemurch.typepa... |
| @stevemur | |
| Birthplace | New Jersey |
| Harvard Business School, MBA | 1991 |
| Stanford University, MS | 1987 |
| Computer Science | |
| Carnegie Mellon University, BS (Dual) | 1986 |
| Applied Math (Computer Science) and Industrial Management |
Steve is founder and CEO of BigOven.com, a growing social network about food, and an iPhone app with over 2 million downloads.
Steve is also Chairman of Escapia (www.escapia.com), the leading SaaS solution for the US vacation rental industry. Steve served as co-founder, President, CEO and Chairman of VacationSpot.com, a pioneer in the online reservation of vacation rentals, which was sold to Expedia in January 2000 for approximately $87M. At Expedia, Steve led the vacation package and destination services teams, creating two patents on the first dynamic vacation packaging system on the Internet, which now represents over $2 billion in annual transactions. Steve has keynoted on several occasions at the Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) annual conference, is an avid renter of vacation properties, and has personally owned vacation rentals.
Steve worked for Microsoft from 1991 to 1997 in a variety of senior marketing and executive positions, and led the creation of the MSN Gaming Zone with several patents related to online multiplayer gaming. Steve holds an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was named a George F. Baker Scholar, and a dual BS in Applied Mathematics / Computer Science and Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
