Preceding these assignments, he was the Distributor Manager for Asia/Pacific/Americas Marketing and Sales for MASSCOMP Realtime Computers; and a Product Marketing Manager for DATA TRANSLATION (parent of Media 100). He was also International Sales Manager for Play, the creator of the world famous Trinity.

He began his career, after teaching at the University of Minnesota and Carleton College, at DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION (DEC) where he was a Seminar Development Manager, R&D Systems Engineer, and a Product Manager.

For over a decade he was a Contributing Editor for Video Systems magazine. He has also written for Adobe Premiere Newsletter, A/V Video, Camcorder, DV, Etown, millimeter, The Perfect Vision, Video Pro, and Video Review. He now writes for Broadcast Engineering.
Steve taught digital video production at Rutgers University and Electronic Cinematography at the University of the Arts. And, at Harvestworks in NYC, he taught Media 100 editing.

For more than a decade, Digital Video Consulting has provided consulting services, training, and seminars on digital video production. He has written a number of Digital Production Guides, including imMEDIAte 100, the Premiere Primer, Express Xpress DV, and the highly successful Panasonic AG-DVX100A Production Guide.

Steve's Sony HVR-Z1 and HDR-FX1 Handbook joins his other very successful eBooks: the Sony HVR-V1 and HDR-FX7 Handbook, the JVC ProHD Handbook,  the JVC GZ-HD7 Handbook, the Sony SR11/SR12 and CX12 Handbook, and the DVC Guide to iMovie 08.