BIOGRAPHY OF STEVEN C. GERINGER

Steve Geringer has a total of 21 years experience in the software business, which include 12 at IBM and 9 years as an Independent Consultant.  Most recently, Geringer held the position of Director of Planning and Strategy at Knowledge Systems Corporation in Cary, North Carolina. 

Geringer launched his career as a consultant while still attending college.  His first client was the State of New York, where he developed the Staff Training Record System.

After completing his B.S. in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from the University at Albany (1981),  he accepted a position as a programmer with IBM.  During his 12-year tenure at IBM, he worked in many diverse roles including designer, developer, development  leader, system architect, product planner, business planner, and competitive market analyst.

In pursuit of a new challenges, Geringer left IBM for the rigors of the consulting world.  After successfully completing a number of customer engagements, Geringer founded SCG Associates in 1995 to formally launch his technology consultancy.

Geringer has consulted on numerous software projects in a variety of roles for companies such as IBM, MCI, Information Retrieval Companies, Knowledge Systems, Productive Data Systems, and Carolina Power and Light. Throughout his extensive consulting career in the software development arena, Geringer has tackled many technical and management issues for his clients.  In the process, he has gathered a wide array of skills and experiences with a particular emphasis in Business Planning and Strategy Development.  He brings over  25 years of experience in software and technology business with a strong expertise in software, product and business planning  and strategic marketing.

His breadth of technical and business skills combined with his firsthand knowledge of the numerous companies which he has helped, enable him to play a key role in setting strategic goals and establishing new initiatives to help his clients navigate the volatile technology business.