A veteran of over 20 years in the entertainment industry, Steve is one of the world's foremost experts on Alternate Reality Games/Cross-Media Entertainment. A pioneering force in the genre since its inception in 2001, he founded the Alternate Reality Gaming Network, was a contributing author to numerous books and articles on the subject, and has been involved in creating more Alternate Reality Games than virtually anyone in the industry.

Since joining 42 in 2005, Steve is responsible for producing and designing the player experiences for 42's unique brand of entertainment. As a lead designer on The Vanishing Point, Steve experimented with such unusual puzzle code embedding techniques such as large scale architectural projection, skytyping, water projection and hiding clues in a 20 minute firework show. He has also served as Lead Designer, Designer and/or Community Architect for numerous projects, including Last Call Poker, Dead Man's Tale, HiveMind Corporation, and Year Zero.

Prior to 42, Steve was Founder and President of Vital Interactive Media, a multimedia production company that developed music and audio content for television, theater, and computer games/applications.