Steve began his career in 1984 in civil engineering with Property Development Engineers in Escondido. After receiving his degree, he went on to work with famed architects Howard Spector and Scott Grunst in Rancho Santa Fe. Here he learned, in addition to architecture, landscape design. He set out on his own in 1990 providing home , landscape and civil site designs for his clients, providing an all in one shop service resulting in projects completed with all aspects of design in mind.