Steve is the Founder and CEO of Platinum Bay Technologies, a software products and services company designed from the ground up to successfully employ Autistic adults in software engineering careers at market salary and benefits. Steve is a successful software engineer with over seventeen years of experience and is a four-time Microsoft MVP Award recipient for Visual Studio ALM. Steve is a frequent speaker at over 130 events across North America and currently engages diverse audiences including families and individuals, educators, technology professional, and business leadership on Diversity and Inclusion. After discovering his own Autism at the age of 33, Steve dedicated his life to creating Understanding, Acceptance, Inclusion, and Opportunity for Autistic individuals everywhere.