Steve Banfield
Vice President of Business Development, Marketplace at Placer.ai
Steve Banfield is Vice President of Business Development, Marketplace at Placer.ai. He has previously held executive roles including Chief Marketing Officer at INRIX and Chief Product Officer at Korrio, and began his career as a programmer at IBM. His expertise spans C-suite leadership, strategic partnerships, and building commercial engines for data and AI platforms.
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Placer.ai Vice President of Business Development, Marketplace 2021–present · current
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Simplata Technologies Chief Executive Officer 2020–2021 · past
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Madrona Venture Labs Executive In Residence 2019–2020 · past
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ReachNow CEO 2016–2019 · past
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INRIX Chief Marketing Officer 2015–2016 · past
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Rightside SVP & GM, Registrar Services 2013–2015 · past
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Korrio Chief Product Officer 2011–2012 · past
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Screenlife Games (a division of Paramount Pictures) Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy and Head of Games Studio 2010–2011 · past
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Independent Consultant Independent Executive Advisor & Interim Executive 2007–2021 · past
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Sony Media Software & Sony Connect Senior Vice President and General Manager 2003–2007, Senior Vice President, Technology 2002–2003 · past
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RealNetworks VP, Business Development 2001–2002, GM, Consumer Products 1998–2001 · past
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Narrative Communications Director, Product Management 1997–1998 · past
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Microsoft Manager, Developer Relations 1995–1996, Group Program Manager, Windows Multimedia 1994–1995, Technical Evangelist 1992–1995 · past
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NCR Corporation Programmer/Project Lead 1990–1992 · past
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IBM Programmer 1988–1990 · past
Education
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Harvard Business School MBA · 1996–1998
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Transylvania University BA, Computer Science/Business/Political Science · 1986–1990
Organizations
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Placer.ai Vice President of Business Development, Marketplace 2021–present · current
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Simplata Technologies Chief Executive Officer 2020–2021 · past
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Madrona Venture Labs Executive In Residence 2019–2020 · past
Education
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Harvard Business School MBA · 1996–1998
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Transylvania University BA, Computer Science/Business/Political Science · 1986–1990
