Steven Berkowitz (born September 4, 1958) is the former CEO of

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and former CEO of Move, Inc. After serving on the board of directors of Move, Inc. for nearly a year, Steve was selected by the board to succeed Michael Long to serve as the company's CEO. After completing the acquisition of Move by

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, his tenure ended on January 5, 2015.

Education

He has a bachelor's degree in accounting from the

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. His former house at 2795 Evergreen Point Road in

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, USA was featured in a residential architecture magazine as well as ''425 Magazine''.

Career

Prior to joining Move, he served as Senior Vice President of the Online Services Group at Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). There, Berkowitz was responsible for running the Online Business group, which includes MSN.com,

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and

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programming, advertising sales, business development, and marketing for Live Platform,

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and

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. Before joining Microsoft in May 2006, Berkowitz served as chief executive officer of Ask Jeeves, an online search engine, from January 2004 until August 2005, when the business was sold to

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(NASDAQ:IACI). After its acquisition by IAC/InterActiveCorp., Ask Jeeves was renamed IAC Search and Media, and Berkowitz served as its chief executive officer until May 2006. Berkowitz was president of the Web Properties Division of Ask Jeeves from May 2001 until December 2003.

Lumosity

CEO (November 2, 2015 to March 2019) Lumos Labs is the maker of Lumosity, an online program and mobile application consisting of games challenge you in the areas of memory, attention, flexibility, speed of processing, and problem solving.

Bazzarvoice

Board Member (October 2015 to current)

Move, Inc.

CEO (January 21, 2009 to January 5, 2015) Board Member (June 2008 to January 5, 2015)

The Ladders

Board Member (July, 2008 to September 2013)

Microsoft

Senior Vice President, Online Services Group (May, 2006 to September 2008)

References

1958 births American technology chief executives Living people Microsoft employees National Medal of Technology recipients People from Medina, Washington People from Alamo, California University at Albany, SUNY alumni {{US-CEO-stub