Born into a family of builders, Steve Mushero focuses on
building technology, products, and companies across a wide range
of industries and technologies. He has an exceptionally
broad and deep background in both technology and business and is a
serial entrepreneur, advisor, and senior executive in numerous
startup companies.
Steve's specialty is understanding and designing complex
systems based on any technology, in nearly any business. He
is especially keen on bridging the gaps between and within diverse
technical disciplines and the business worlds of sales, marketing,
and finance.
Steve's roles vary widely, such that in a typical week, he may
review public health mapping systems, manage an engineering team, evaluate CRM systems for an
French perfume business, advise the CTO of a startup, design a
telecommunications subsystem, review health-care system
architecture, coordinate the specifications for a financial system
being built in India, write
protein visualization code, edit a business plan, work on his
books, and finally, tweak an ice cream manufacturing
line. See Projects and Employment
for more information. In addition, Steve's work in three key
projects are highlighted at Interimind,
AMS, and Albany
International.
Steve holds a number of existing patents on automated data
delivery, with others pending in diverse areas such as textiles,
lighting control, and marine propulsion. See Patents
for more information.
Steve's education includes an Electrical Engineering undergrad and
an international MBA focused on technology management, which was
done both in the US and Japan. See Education
for more information.
Steve is an enthusiastic supporter of other entrepreneurs and a
wide variety of philanthropic endeavors, especially those
focused on women's entrepreneurship, girls' education, developing
economies, and underserved communities. See Philanthropy
for more information.
An avid globalist, Steve attended graduate school in Japan and
travels extensively; visiting over 25 countries so far. He
speaks Japanese and beginning Chinese, with Arabic to follow in
the coming years. See Globalist
for more information.
Steve is also an avid pilot, sailor, diver, motorcyclist, snow
and water skier. He flies helicopters for fun and
amusement. See Hobbies for
more information.