Steve is the Global CEO of Keypath Education and was appointed an executive Director of the Company in March 2021 when company listed on Australia Stock Exchange (ASX:KED) and has served as CEO of the Keypath business since founding the company in January 2014. Steve lives in Illinois, USA. Steve has over 25 years of experience in higher education, having led both institutional and corporate teams. Prior to founding Keypath, Steve was CEO and President at EmbanetCompass (later renamed Pearson Embanet) where, after 5 years of leading the business, it was acquired by Pearson for US$650 million. He spent over 17 years at Career Education Corporation, holding a variety of senior leadership positions where he was one of the founding leadership members, growing two online universities from inception to over 30,000 students in 5 years, leaving as Group President. Steve holds a Bachelor of Science (Business Administration) from the W.A. Franke College of Business at Northern Arizona University.