Steve Perlman, Rearden Founder & CEO, is an entrepreneur and inventor devoted to pioneering Internet, entertainment, multimedia, consumer electronics and communications technologies and services. He has more than 30 years of technology development experience, over 15 years of start-up experience and a track record of bringing media-rich products and services quickly to market.
Steve is founder and CEO of Rearden, a family of companies dedicated to the synergistic development of art and technology. Rearden Labs is a division of Rearden.
Steve's technology work is built into all iPhones, video iPods, Macs and most PCs and has been deployed by DirecTV, Dish, Comcast, Time Warner, Charter and Adelphia cable TV and satellite TV networks; and retailed as consumer products from Sony, Philips, RCA, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Samsung, Fujitsu, Motorola, Scientific Atlanta and Sega. Products he has created include Mova ContourTM Reality Capture, WebTV, the Moxi Media Center and the underpinnings of Macintosh multimedia technology, including QuickTime.
Steve's production companies' work includes video game motion capture for Electronic Arts' From Russia with Love (2005), The Godfather (2006) and Vivendi Universal's Eragon (2006); HD video/audio editorial work for Santana, Electronic Arts and independent film; and art/production design for Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis for major motion pictures War of the Worlds (2005), Monster House (2006) and Beowulf (2007).
Steve holds over 70 patents in an array of multimedia and communications technologies and has more than 50 additional patents pending.
Steve's detailed bio can be found at rearden.com.