Steve is the former personal manager of Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum alternative rock band Stone Temple Pilots, managing their career from their inception through their fifth major label release on Atlantic Records. Under Steve’s management, the band’s worldwide record sales exceeded 25 million records, generating more than $500 million in gross revenues.  Steve is now the co-founder of the highly disruptive mobile application Vezt, which enables music fans to invest money in their favorite artists and songwriters and financially participate in their success, while allowing artists to earn money from the music they work hard to create  - something that's never been done before.