Steve is a founding partner of Ignition Partners. He invests in telecommunications and wireless companies. Prior to Ignition, Steve worked closely with Craig McCaw for 18 years and was CEO of every major McCaw Company except Nextel. Most recently, Steve was the Chairman and CEO of Nextlink Communications (now XO Communications), where he was responsible for repositioning the company into a true integrated communications provider offering a full complement of voice and data services. Prior to Nextlink, Steve served as the co-CEO of Teledesic with Craig McCaw. In that capacity, he oversaw the operation of the company and the negotiation of the multi-billion dollar satellite contract with Motorola. From 1994 to 1997, Steve served as CEO of AT&T Wireless. As President and CEO of AT&T Wireless, Steve grew the company from $1.8 billion to $4 billion in sales. Prior to becoming CEO of AT&T Wireless, Steve was part of the small McCaw team that recognized cellular's promise in the early eighties. Steve financed McCaw's expansion into cellular, raising $200 million in the industry's first high-yield cellular deal and taking the company public in 1987. Steve also had extensive operational responsibility at McCaw and was responsible for a large part of the McCaw cellular footprint in the United States. Steve holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Seattle University where he now serves as the Chairman of the Seattle University Board.