Steve is Director of Research at Forbes. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer at the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance and was Vice President/Lead Strategy Analyst at Citi FinTech, where he drove strategic and new business development initiatives for Citigroup’s Global Retail and Consumer Bank business across 20 countries. He also served five years as a Senior Intelligence Analyst at Booz Allen Hamilton supporting the U.S. Department of Defense. He has a B.S. in Business Administration from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and a M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.