Currently the Principal Head UX Designer at Pure in California, Steven has over 20 years of industry experience leading enterprise-scale UX projects and building great UX teams at Pure, Amazon, and IBM. Fueled by his love for teaching, Steven has been teaching UX design at General Assembly for the last 3 years - first in Hong Kong, then Australia, and currently in the San Francisco bay area. Steven is the owner of 8 invention patents, author of multiple publications, and has earned certificates in both the IBM Leadership Excellence (IBMLE) Program and Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP). In his spare time he enjoys discovering craft beer, watching football, and gobbling up blogs and tweets from those he follows.