I just got some very sad news. One of my old co-workers passed away in late January, and they just found his body in his house.

Steve was probably the best software architect I have known. Many of the things he designed made our lives developing software much easier and I learned a lot from him. He was somewhat misunderstood and could be quite prickly, but he always was patient once you got to know him. He liked his quiet, and I remember taking the old razor scooter nine kicks down the long hallway of officemax.com to see him which was fun in those dot com days.

The last time I saw him, I was consulting at Westfield, and we got beers at Buckeye Brewery. I got there shortly after 5:00, and we talked ’til the place closed at 10:00. He seemed very happy, which was odd for him considering he was generally pessimistic. I think he hadn’t started to hate OMX again after leaving for a couple of years. He wrote me shortly after I moved out to the Bay Area, and congratulated me. He mentioned moving out of Cleveland in the near future to greener pastures, but I guess he never made it out. Cleveland can be like that.

Rest in peace Steve. You will be missed.

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