Steve co-founded Videokawa to pursue his passion for advancing language education through technology innovation. Steve has expertise in building large-scale software systems and mobile apps and has worked for software industry leaders and startups in roles including CTO, cloud architect and mobile app designer. Steve managed channel sales and technical marketing in Japan and Korea for leading American software companies and studied Japanese over many years. His deep understanding of the challenges faced by language learners inspired the SkyQuest features and led to the successful prosecution of the extensive Videokawa patent portfolio. Steve holds Bachelor and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University, an MBA from Purdue University, and is a Professional Cloud Architect (Google Certified 2024).
Mike has more than 25 years of executive experience and a track record that includes an IPO and raising more than $400 million in private and public equity markets. He has been founder, CEO, and board member in private and public biotechnology companies. In establishing many global technology partnerships, Mike has extensive experience across Asia and Europe including an MA in International Relations from the University of Sussex UK, and German language training at the Goethe Institute in Germany.
