Speaker

Steve Soter

Steve is a Vice President and Industry Principal at Workiva. Previously, Steve served as an accounting leader in multiple roles, including Vice President and Controller for Backcountry.com, a private equity owned, online retailer of outdoor products, and as the Director of SEC Reporting for Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK), a $2 billion revenue, online retailer of home goods and blockchain technology company.

 

His experience includes multiple acquisitions, debt offerings, an IPO, and the world’s first digital debt and equity offering (by Overstock). Steve is the Executive Advisor of the SEC Professionals Group, and a former member of the US XBRL Data Quality Committee. He began his career as an auditor in public accounting, received his Accounting degree from the University of Arizona, graduated summa cum laude, and received a Master of Accountancy and Information Systems degree from Arizona State University.