Steve Merkel
CIO
Data393

As Chief Information Officer, Steve oversees the development and implementation of systems and hosting infrastructure as well as product development.

Before joining Data393, Steve was the Chief Technology Officer for Ventures Online, a premier web hosting provider that specialized in solutions for web hosting resellers. Ventures Online was acquired by Data393 in January of 2004.

Steve received his BS in Computer Science from Colorado State University. Immediately after graduating, he began work as a systems engineer for a real-time driving simulation company implementing Linux based simulators for research and educational institutions. Steve has also held technical positions with large ISP’s including AOL and CompuServe.