Steve Paul founded V1M, Inc. in 1995 and PortalStone (V1M business unit) in 2001. His background is in Software, Hardware and Networks, and the Internet in particular. From 1984 to 1989, Steve worked at Symbolics the (then current) worldwide leader in AI Technologies and Lisp Machines. On March 15, 1985, Symbolics was assigned the very first Internet domain name - Symbolics.com. Steve has been involved with the development of the Internet since the very beginning. He has contributed to the specifications, standards, and reference architectures within the working groups of industry associations that have helped shaped the Internet as we know it today. A well recognized thought leader in the Technology Industry and an expert in Digital Media Technologies, Steve frequently speaks at industry conferences and forums including: Digital Hollywood, Streaming Media, Mipcom, NAB, and ACM.

Digital Hollywood New York, Los Angeles and San Jose	Streaming Media East/West New York and Los Angeles
Content Delivery Networks (>Service Networks) New York	Broadband Media Conference (>Digital Media Conference) San Francisco
eTV World New York	eStreaming World New York and Los Angeles
MIP Cannes	National Association of Broadcasters Las Vegas
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences New York and Los Angeles	ACM SIGGRAPH New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco
AAAI - American Association for Artificial Intelligence Las Vegas	Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers New York and Los Angeles