Steve is the Head of Simulation Research at Wētā Digital, now a part of Unity Technologies, where he has developed tools for physics-based simulation, virtual production, and procedural systems on film series such as Avatar, The Hobbit, Planet of the Apes and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Before his role in the Simulation Research group Steve worked in other graphics groups at Bungie, Pixar, NVIDIA, and completed his MS in Computer Science at Stanford University.