Steven is a graduate of Amherst College, the Yale School of Music and Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. He has over 30 years experience in both the the financial services and banking industry as well as professional experience as a performing artist and teacher.
As a teacher and mentor, Steven has excelled in guiding young professionals in their career aspirations, and has successfully taught students of economics and business.

Steven successfully completed numerous standardized exams and licenses, and knows the "ins and outs" of how to succeed in the finance industry and in music.

As a banking executive with 30 years of experience on Wall Street and in Chicago, Steven has worked for Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and current is employed at US Bank in Chicago. His financial experience is broad and includes expertise in Corporate Finance, Debt and Equities, Risk Management, Private Wealth Management and more. His relevant degrees in business are his Economics degree from Amherst and his MS in Finance from Indiana University's Kelly School of Business. He has additional certifications from Northwestern and has passed license exams for Series, 7, 63, 64, and more.

Steven is a graduate of Amherst College, where he majored in Music and Economics, garnering the Sylvia and Irving Lerner Prize and the Lincoln Lowell Russell Prize. He toured the world with the Amherst Glee Club as their Accompanist and Assistant Musical Director, and also served as the Concertmaster of the Amherst Symphony Orchestra. He continued his studies at the Yale School of Music, earning his M.M. in Piano Performance. It was there that he met Susan M, and formed the Piano Duo. Their latest Piano Duo CD was awarded the Gold Medal in the 2014 Global Music Awards. Steven was also the Organist and Assistant Music Director for the Alpine Community Church in New Jersey for ten years, and has concertized as a pianist and organist in prestigious churches and venues such as Grace Church in New York City.