Steve Mott is CEO of BetterBuyDesign.com,
a virtual investment and consulting company specializing in brokering high technology ideas for
the New Economy. Steve and a syndicated group of consultants provide advice and development
expertise to e-business clients ranging from small startup firms to VCs to large global concerns.
Some assignments result in full-time operational responsibilities, most recently a stint as
President of Priceline WebHouse Club, the online grocery and gas affiliate of priceline.com.
Named by Inter@ctive
Week magazine one of "Top 25 Unsung Heroes of the Internet" (12/97)
and by Business2.0 one of "Top 25 Most Intriguing Minds for the New
Economy" (7/98), Steve's specialty is helping design and implement
enterprise and electronic commerce initiatives that utilize emerging
digital transaction systems for the next century-subjects about which
he frequently speaks and writes.
Steve was formerly
SVP-Electronic Commerce/New Ventures for MasterCard International,
where he led efforts to deploy business-responsive security systems
and integrate smart card use for both B2B and B2C Internet commerce.
In prior assignments,
Steve managed three advanced technology software development companies,
headed MCI International's data communications sales, marketing and
product development efforts, conducted strategic planning for McGraw-Hill
and was an Information Industry consultant at McKinsey.
Steve is a graduate
of U.C. Berkeley and Harvard Business School, a White House Fellow
appointee, and a former Marine.