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Steve Pockross brings more than 25 years of startup, Fortune 500, and nonprofit experience to his role at Verblio. As CEO, he applies leading marketplace and SaaS principles to create an industry-leading content creation platform with 3,000 U.S.-based writers supporting the creation of premium content at scale in every niche. Verblio has grown 600% while bootstrapped since Steve took over the helm in 2016. The company has been named an Inc 5000 winner 3x, a Mercury growth winner 5x, and was named a Colorado Company to watch in 2020. Steve was part of the early management team at marketplace services pioneer LiveOps, growing the company into the largest virtual contact center in the world. At LiveOps, Steve served as vice president of business development and strategy, creating new business units that combined marketplace talent with a SaaS platform to deliver that talent at scale. Steve also spearheaded the creation of the award-winning LiveOps Foundation. He has also served in marketing, strategy, and operational leadership roles at Tendril, Western Union, Marketing Technologies Group, and HSBC. Steve received his MBA from Kellogg School of Business and his MA in history from Wesleyan University. Outside the office, Steve is a Denver native and enjoys ultimate frisbee, telemark skiing, squash, history, sci-fi, practicing his Portuguese, mountain biking, playing in his first band, and spending time with his two boys. And while he’s not bullish, he’s still hoping for a second career as a Brazilian rockstar.