Steve Nelson
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
Steve started his career in 1980 at as a software engineer, Internet-enabling everything he could get his hands on. His first startup, Kinetics, introduced the Macintosh to the Internet in 1985. Kinetics was ultimately bought by Novell, where Steve became VP and General Manager of the Netware Clients Group.
Impressed (by playing too much Myst) at how much could be done with HyperCard, Quicktime, and a good 3D modeler, he became an independent software author and then cofounder of Kidwise, a learning software company. In this part of his career, Steve became deeply involved in the development, integration, and delivery of multimedia content.
When he cofounded Clear Ink, all of this previous experience was integrated into his self-described role as "keeper of the balance" between technology, marketing, strategy, and design.
Steve gets his inspiration from his wife and two children, who share that rare balance of art and science. In addition to his various outdoor distractions and an obsession with Las Vegas dive bars, he leads a rich Second Life through his alter-avatar Kiwini Oe. Steve has turned Web surfing into an art form and is this close to summarizing the whole damn thing in one sentence. He is a graduate of both UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley.
