Steven is currently an officer in the United States Army. Originally from the town of Quincy, Illinois, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering. Since graduating, he has served in numerous military leadership positions not only in the United States but in various nations around the world. He has an enthusiastic determination to study the symbiotic relationship of military action at the lowest level, the overarching, strategic global security policy that shapes it, and how technology will innovate that landscape in the future. Steven is a General Wayne A. Downing scholar.