Steve Conrad
Partner at Social Venture Partners Seattle
Greater Seattle Area
Overview
Work Experience
Director
2025 - Current
At Conversation Dynamics, we are creating a realistic, software-based simulation platform that mirrors the client conversations that caseworkers, frontline practitioners, and social service professionals face every day. Our platform builds confidence, sharpens communication skills, and ensures a consistent approach to client interactions—all in a safe and low-pressure environment.
Angel Investor and Innovation Fund Member
2020
The Alliance of Angels (AoA) is the largest and most active angel group in the Pacific Northwest. AoA is comprised of 180+ accredited investors committed to financing and supporting high-growth startups in technology, hardware, consumer, and the life sciences. Each year AoA invests roughly $10M into 15-20 companies and these investments are further augmented by a separate Innovation Fund.
We are a group of 140+ active angel investors. Each year, we invest $10M+ into 20+ startups and provide mentorship to help them succeed.
Partner
2019
Social Venture Partners (SVP) is a nonprofit network of accomplished individuals who combine financial contributions and professional skills with a passion for philanthropy. SVP leverages the collective expertise and resources of its members to help strengthen promising nonprofits for maximum community impact.
Board/CEO Advisor and Strategic Business Coach
2018
Adviser to both non-profits and early-stage growth companies. I generally work with organizations at the strategic level to help them define, align, and implement effective strategies to meet both their short-term objectives and long-term goals. I also work with CEO's and ED's as an independent advisor and/or mentor.
Director and Board Member
2018 - 2021
Post exit, I engaged as a board member to assist the management team and ensure the company maintained the vision, strategy, and resources needed to advance its mission. MediaPRO was successfully acquired by a pre-IPO company (KnowBe4) in 2021.
Founder and CEO
1993 - 2018
I was responsible for the overall vision, strategy, and operational execution of the company from inception through exit. Managed the company thru several "pivots" to become one of the dominant players in the highly competitive security awareness market.
MediaPro is a software company helping enterprises of all kinds improve the professional performance of their people.
Raised $5,000,000.00 from Frontier Growth.
Sr. Sales Consulting and Enterprise Customer Success Leader
1986 - 1993
Helped open Oracle's Seattle office and was highly successful in various sales consulting roles for four-plus years. Significantly exceeded quota every year. Recruited by Oracle leadership to direct the first-ever enterprise customer success team (West Coast). Ran this team for 2 years and worked to secure and grow many of Oracle's largest and most profitable accounts. Achieved the "Customer Success Leader" of the year honor from Oracle USA.
Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Sr. Consultant and Account Manager
1981 - 1984
Systems Engineer (Healthcare)
1979 - 1981
Education
BA
1975 - 1979