A Colorado local through and through Steven has spent nearly his whole life living in Colorado Springs and Calhan. Steven has always been fascinated by technology working on Church A/V teams for nearly 15 years, and acting as a Tech Director for 8 of those years. Steven acquired a degree in Computer Science focused on software engineering from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Steven has spent most of his adult life as an IT freelancer completing a variety of jobs, ranging from creating custom software for inventory management to building a website for a Panamanian cat sanctuary. During his degree Steven got hired on for a local utilities as a member of the Cybersecurity team. Following his departure from the utilities Steven took on a role supporting churches with a predominantly church focused live-streaming SaaS company. Steven is ever driven by a love for technology and a desire to care for the hearts of people, which is why he started Altrade Technologies, to use his own knowledge and talents to support others with their own businesses.