Steve Crumb
Bonita Springs, Florida, United States
Steve Crumb is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in strategic and operational leadership of collaborative projects, technical alliances, and open standards development organizations.
He currently holds CEO/COO-like responsibilities, which include facilitating Board of Directors meetings, recruiting new member organizations, developing global communication strategies, and managing the operations and finances of a multi-million dollar, global alliance.
His expertise spans across various technical domains such as automotive software, smart cities, unified communications, IP-based video security systems, wireless networking, and grid/cloud computing. He also has significant experience with free and open source software approaches, legal compliance, and IP management.
Steve is proficient in interacting with C- and Board-level leaders, technical leaders, and developers, demonstrating his ability to lead diverse teams effectively.
He has successfully taken multiple not-for-profit organizations from inception to steady-state operations, including those launched under Europe law. Additionally, he is well-versed in US (NSF, DOE) and European Commission Funding Programs, having secured funding for multi-year projects in both regions.
Steve Crumb's specialties include strategic leadership, not-for-profit operations management, collaborative team building, alliance/forum incubation, business process analysis, training and education, client requirements gathering, project management, program management, and support of senior leadership.
His educational background includes studying BS in Computer Science, CS, and Math at Western Kentucky University.
Steve has held various roles in reputable organizations such as Vice President & Executive Director at Global Inventures, Executive Director at GENIVI Alliance, Executive Director at ONVIF, Executive Director at UCI Forum, VP of Operations & Executive Director at Open Grid Forum, Sr. Systems Engineer at Convergys Corporation, Consultant/eBusiness Architect at Midland Systems, Inc., and Network Engineer at Motorola, Inc.
