Steve provides to Topix an engineering background in both shrink-wrapped and Internet software. Just prior to working at Topix, Steve was a development director at EA helping to deliver Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 on multiple gaming platforms. Before that, he held a variety of roles at Netscape/America Online which included several years on the Netscape website, Netscape browser and lastly as Director of Engineering for AOL Shopping. Before that, he spent several years at Apple Computer as an engineer developing a cross-platform printing engine for FileMaker Pro. He started his career at a small startup which later sold the marketing rights for its product to IBM. Steve has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University.