Steve spent 21 successful years in Financial Services working for UBS, where he was an Executive Director of I.T.With an extensive history of exploration, Steve was born in Detroit and he spent the next 25 years of his life living in many places around the U.S. - the Midwest (Illinois, Michigan), the South (North Carolina, Georgia, Texas), West (northern California) and the eastern seaboard (New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware) - even spending 6 years growing up in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, St Thomas). Fueling an intense interest to learn of new cultures and connect with people from all walks of life, Steve's professional career continued on where he left off, taking assignments throughout the world (Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan) and the U.S. (New York, California, Texas, North Carolina, and Illinois). It is his hands-on experience in technology development and change management, along with Steve's acumen in networking and building strengths in diversity and cultural growth, which has crystallized into the evolving business strategy of wisdom networking, a label he created for his networking strategy for success, and which he describes more fully in the book he co-authored entitled "The Wisdom Network - An Eight Step Process for Identifying, Sharing, and Leveraging Individual Expertise" (American Management Association, June 2006).Steve is currently a Principal of KeySo Global LLC, founding partner of The Networlding Partner Alliance and a Partner of New Vine Media, LLC.KeySo Global is an international strategic consultancy focused on assisting our clients gain the competitive edge they need in this rapidly changing digital world.Specialties: Knowledge Management, Information Technology, Software Engineering and Architecture,Technology Convergence, Business Transformation, Social and Organizational Networking, Community building and facilitation, International business development, Strategic marketing, Innovation management, Enterprise transformation, Strategic planning, Change management, Social media, Technology trends, Structured creativity, Customer Relationship Management, Competitive Intelligence