Steve Arnold co-founded Polaris Partners alongside Jon Flint and Terry McGuire. Prior to starting Polaris, Steve served as a special advisor to Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. following more than 10 years in executive positions in the software and digital media industry.

He served as vice president of Broadband Media Applications at Microsoft Corporation and as president and CEO of Continuum Productions (now Corbis), a private company founded by Bill Gates to pioneer the creation of large digital libraries for online distribution.

Before coming to Continuum, Steve served as vice president and general manager of LucasArts Games and Learning divisions and as vice president of the New Media Group at Lucasfilm Ltd. Steve is actively working to help improve the results in K-12 education and works with a wide array of organizations focused on evidence-based innovations in education and human development.

Steve holds a BS with honors from Macalester College and an MA and PhD from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco.

Steve enjoys being on the water year round. Whenever he can, he commutes in his own boat from the island where he lives to Seattle, sharing the waters of Puget Sound with eagles, whales and salmon, while appreciating the sometimes radiant view of Mt. Rainier.