Steve Courter is an award-winning faculty member in the department of management at The University of Texas at Austin and a former top corporate executive with experience worldwide.

Following graduation from Penn State, Steve Courter served in the US Army, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After stints at KPMG and IBM, he became Vice-President and General Manager of Sprint/Global One in Brussels, Belgium in 1987, where he worked until 1998. He became CEO of Enertel Communications in Rotterdam, The Netherland, and later served as CEO and Chairman of Neon Communication in Boston. In 2006, he became CEO of Broadwing Communications in Austin and led the organization until its purchase in 2007 by Level 3 Communications. Courter also served as a Director at Globix, Inc., and is presently Chairman and Director of Mobi Corp, Director of Cadiz Inc., and Director of Upland Software, Inc.