Steven spent more than 25 years in the finance and technology fields, beginning his career in banking at Wells Fargo and Citibank. In 2006, he helped create the initial concept, business plan and design for the Beats by Dr. Dre headphone product line. From 2006-2013 he served in various positions at Allied Container Systems, Inc., including CFO and COO, and was an integral part of the management team that grew the business from a startup to a multi-million-dollar ISO 9001 certified systems integrator for the U.S., Canadian and British militaries. Steven also has roots in audio innovation. He founded Jibe Audio, LLC, through which he helped bring the wildly successful Beats by Dr. Dre headphone product line to life. Prior to launching Jibe Audio, Steven served as the President of SLS International, Ltd. – a small, publicly traded audio technology company. During his time at SLS, Mr. Lamar brought SLS from the pink sheets to the American Stock Exchange, launched SLS’ first consumer product in partnership with Quincy Jones and secured product placement for SLS products with Mark Burnett Productions. Before joining SLS, Steven was the co-founder and Managing Partner in a San Francisco-based investment fund focused on making direct investments in late-stage private and early-stage public technology companies. During his tenure from 1998-2005, the fund invested more than $750 million in 117 public and 28 private companies – generating a 177% return for his investors. In the mid-1990's Steven worked as an executive at Shoreline Pacific Institutional Finance, where he assisted emerging public and private companies with their capital needs. Here, Mr. Lamar financed 22 companies for a total of $320 million. Steven is also an active macro investor, angel investor and board member in numerous private companies.