Steve joined Pelion Venture Partners in 2020. Founded in 1986, Pelion Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm invests in software infrastructure, vertical SaaS, fintech, artificial intelligence, security, marketplaces, information services, developer tools, consumer technology, and eCommerce. Prior to Pelion, Steve was an Associate Dean and K. Fred Skousen Distinguished Professor at the BYU Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University. Steve has served on the U.S. Auditing Standards Board and as President of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA). He worked as an auditor for KPMG and later as a director in the U.S. National Office of PwC and prior to Pelion he regularly consulted with large network public accounting firms. Steve has published numerous articles, books, and monographs. Steve earned a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Seattle and is a licensed CPA.
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