Partner Profile: Steve Rosenbaum, CEO, Pop Art, Inc.

(From the September 2008 Newsletter)

Steve has been an SVPP Partner since 2005 and has had a major impact on our marketing and communications efforts. During these three years, he has been a member of our Marketing Committee and has contributed countless hours of personal time as well as time from employees of his Internet services and consulting firm, Pop Art, Inc. to improve our communications tools, our messaging and the overall look and feel of all of our marketing material. His involvement and guidance were responsible for the generation the SVPP Brand Book, SVPP Style Guide and more recently, the our new Web site. In addition, Steve has worked with several investees on their branding and Web site needs, including CASH Oregon, Neighborhood House and The Shadow Project.

Steve is active in numerous community and professional organizations, which include the AeA, the Software Association of Oregon, the Portland Business Alliance, Portland City Club and the Portland Advertising Federation. Steve is a board member of Chess for Success and Treasurer of the Oregon Bus Project.

Steve attended Wilson High School in Portland, went to Stanford for his undergraduate education where he received a B.A. in History and a minor in Economics. Upon graduation, he immediately returned to the City of Roses to start Pop Art in 1997.