Steve is a partner at Rubicon and joined the firm when it was established in 2012.

Prior to joining Rubicon, Steve was Chief Executive Officer of Ventyx, a wholly-owned division of ABB.  Under his leadership Ventyx grew from $250M to over $600M in revenue through 3 acquisitions and the integration of existing ABB software businesses.  Steve was also President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Ventyx as a private company owned by Vista Equity Partners from 2007 until its sale to ABB in 2010, during which time Ventyx successfully integrated 6 acquisitions.   Prior to Ventyx, Steve worked at several private equity backed software roll-ups including Baan, SSA Global and Infor.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.