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Steve is currently a Managing Director ofWalden. He joined Walden from Alex. Brown, where he worked for seven years as a Managing Director and founder of Alex. Brown's New Media Group. At Alex. Brown, he was directly involved in financing and sponsoring a wide range of media technology companies. In addition to leading America Online's IPO, Alex. Brown handled the public offerings and private placements of BBN, Broderbund Software, CBT Systems, Creative Technology, Electronic Arts, GartnerGroup, Gemstar International, InfoSeek, Lycos, Macromedia, and Sylvan Learning Systems, among others. In both 1995 and 1996, Steve was selected by The Wall Street Journal as an All-Star software analyst and stock picker, ranking #1 in 1995 (with a 90%+ return) and #5 in 1996 (with a 130% return). Prior to Alex. Brown, he began his career in 1985 working for IBM as a marketing representative.
Steve is Chairman of the Board of Apollo International and a member of the Board of Directors of BlueLithium , Cybertrust , Real Girls Media , and Iconoculture . Steve received his Master of Business Administration from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Mathematics with Honors from Union College.
Walden invests across three focus areas - Digital Media, Technology-Enabled Services, and Internet Commerce. Over our thirty-two year history and nine funds, we have sought to back companies that are transforming their respective industries. With a dozen investment professionals headquartered in San Francisco, Walden is cross-stage in its focus, and geographically targets companies on the West coast. The typical investment size is between $5-10 million, and southern California has always been an area of great interest given the media and technology investment focus. A prominent example of this is VitalStream, an Irvine-based company providing rich media delivery services that recently merged with Internap (Nasdaq: INAP).
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