Steve is a veteran technology leader who fell in love with the trucking industry when he founded Vigillo in 2007. Vigillo was acquired by SambaSafety in a private equity backed transaction in 2017. Steve served for 3 ½ years on the Executive Team at SambaSafety as the EVP and GM of Transportation, overseeing the regulated trucking industry offerings within the broader SambaSafety business.

Steve is now back as CEO and one of four co-founders of Bluewire LLC, a cutting-edge AI Software as a Service (SaaS) company, launched to provide motor carriers and their insurance partners with a scientific, data-driven methodology to protect against the vulnerabilities which lead to catastrophic, so called nuclear verdicts.

Prior to founding Vigillo, Steve combined his legal and business experience to lead five software start-ups and emerging companies to successful exits. Earlier in his career, he worked as a District Manager for Dow Jones & Co. and served for six years in the United States Army as a Maintenance Sergeant.

Steve earned a Masters of Business Administration, JD and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Willamette University.

Steve lives with his wife of 32 years in Sun Valley, ID where they divide their time between their 5 adult children, 5 grandsons and planning the next Springsteen road trip.