Steven Saxton
Grand Rapids
Summary
Dynamic Senior Product Manager with a proven track record at InterplX LLC, driving substantial revenue growth through innovative expense software solutions. Expert in C#/.Net and agile methodologies, I excel in cross-functional collaboration and strategic planning, delivering impactful results across multiple continents while enhancing stakeholder engagement.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Manager – Expense Platform
InterplX LLC (CerebriAI)
Eden Prairie
11.2025 - Current
- Senior Product Manager for Zeno Expense expensing software with travel integration within North America and serving customers in Central and Latin America
- Oversee product roadmap, life cycle planning and marketing across 2 continents, working very closely with all the stakeholders across those geographical territories.
- Oversaw Product Planning, Design and Development of a current product variant that has already driven substantial new revenues from multiple fortune 100 clients.
Senior Product Manager – Expense Platform
InterplX LLC (Serko Corp)
Eden Prairie
07.2022 - 11.2025
- Senior Product Manager for two versions of expensing software with travel integration. One within North America with customers also in Central and Latin America
- Also took over our other Expense Software platform called Serko Expense based out of Australia and New Zealand, requiring some international travel.
- Oversee product roadmap, life cycle planning and marketing across five continents, working very closely with all the stakeholders across those geographical territories.
- Oversaw Product Planning, Design and Development of a current product variant that has already driven substantial new revenues from multiple fortune 100 clients.
- Company was sold to another entity.
Product Manager – Expense Platform
InterplX LLC (Serko Corp)
Eden Prairie
03.2020 - 06.2022
- Product Manager for two versions of expensing software with travel integration. One within North America with customers also in Central and Latin America.
- Oversee product roadmap, life cycle planning and marketing across five continents, working very closely with all the stakeholders across those geographical territories.
Senior Software Engineer
InterplX LLC (Serko Corp)
Eden Prairie
08.2019 - 03.2020
- Part of an Agile team that produced travel/expensing software.
- Rapidly gained experience in C#/.Net framework
- Developed new skills in MS Entity Framework/LINQ
- Learned Messaging platform Rabbit MQ
Short term Corp. to Corp. placement
TSI Corp / Horizontal Integration
Shoreview
04.2019 - 06.2019
- Worked on IoT project for native app integration into existing frameworks.
Short term Corp. to Corp. placement
AAR Corp / Resource 1
Oak Brook
12.2018 - 02.2019
- Worked very heavily in JQuery/Bootstrap/HTML5 front end and COLDFUSION back end.
- Built an Investigations Module that was an add-on their APRISe Performance Reporting System.
- Product tracked Incident(s) and the corresponding Investigation(s) generally involving Aircraft or Aircraft maintenance facilities to the final resolution phase.
- SQL Database for data implementation was ORACLE.
President/CEO
Multimedia Concepts LLC / Community Delivered LLC
Grand Rapids
08.2011 - 01.2018
- Hands on President/CEO of firm that has developed many apps, mostly targeting Media Companies. See complete list of projects (attached) brought from concept to completed projects.
- Provide software and sales training for newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.
- Provided temporary Group Publisher services to a group of 7 paid newspapers, successfully bring sales back to previous year’s level in 100 days. Papers were then sold to a new owner at an increased price than what would’ve been possible.
- Published our own FREE shopper in Grand Rapids, MN with a circulation of 14,200.
- Technology Suite includes data driven print products and online components.
- Technologies implemented include Chat Bots, Artificial Intelligence, Automated Telephony that consists of Voice, MMS and SMS over both short codes and long codes.
General Manager / Managing Partner
Desktop Daily LLC DBA Ottawa Delivered
Ottawa
03.2009 - 08.2011
- Launched a new print publication with variable content tailored to the individual reader(s) that requires addressable delivery.
- Online Application/Site integrates very tightly with the latest in Social Media tools, such as Facebook and Twitter.
- Set to launch the first variable data print product that we are aware of in the country. Scheduled publication/distribution of first user customized product on May 6, 2010.
Director of Online Operations
American Consolidated Media SPC / ACM / MMI
Dallas
04.2007 - 02.2009
- Designed and implemented the online strategy of a chain of 132 newspapers across the country.
- Revenue grew by 200% or more each year I was in my position.
Internet Sales Consultant
TownNews.com
Moline
12.2004 - 06.2007
- After just 6 months on the job, broke and still hold all major sales records within the organization.
- My vast experience in the Internet Arena contribute to my success on a daily basis.
- My job description calls for 50% travel and going into markets to help newspapers increase their revenue that is derived from the online version of their newspapers.
Majority owner and operator
Desktop Concepts and Design, L.L.C.
Grand Rapids
11.2002 - 12.2004
- Majority owner and operator of a software development firm that did contract work for other companies.
- Web based projects or projects with a web emphasis were our main focus.
- Served as a contract project manager and lead programmer on a project that had 5 programmers assigned to it.
- That project was written in Java and Cold Fusion.
- "Desktop Edition" is a client server application that allows for the publishing of content using a WYSIWYG interface written mostly in Cold Fusion, with some image manipulation functions constructed using the Java programming language.
- This content creation piece is accessed through the web utilizing a browser with all of the appropriate security measures in place.
- The server piece that delivers the content to the end clients utilizing the Internet is written completely in Java.
- The client side is also a Java application that handles the eventual display of the content and notifying the end user of the availability of new content and or games to interaction with.
Chief Operating Officer and VP-Software Development
BP Internet Solutions, Inc.
Grand Rapids
11.1999 - 11.2002
- Oversaw development and implementation of infrastructure required for launching of solution that allows operators of web site to communicate with their visitors through a private channel.
- The LiveHelpPDQ application facilitates the “pushing” of pertinent information out to visitors.
- All info regarding the interaction is stored in a database available for reporting and analytical functions.
- A remote control feature is also built in that allows the web site operator to take “control” of the visitors computer with the computer users permission.
- Oversaw development and implementation of infrastructure required for launching of interactive web site/software solution for Radio Stations.
- Planning and launch of sales efforts to market product to customers.
- Work with legal counsel on proper corporate structure and financing options.
- Financial oversight and management.
President
Internet Express LLC / Internet Radio Inc
Grand Rapids
01.1996 - 10.1999
- Oversaw development and implementation of infrastructure required for launching of interactive web site/software solution for newspapers.
- Product was eventually utilized in over 1000 newspapers across the country.
- Merged with another company in September of 1999 and left shortly thereafter to start new company.
- We also built a web-based application that allowed for the creation of “personalized” radio stations for listeners of online radio broadcasts.
- That software was sold to another company in mid 1998.
- Planning and launch of sales efforts to market product to customers.
- Coordinate communications between departments to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Work with legal counsel on proper corporate structure and financing options.
- Financial oversight and management.
Owner
GrandNET LLC
Grand Rapids
01.1996 - 08.1999
- Started an Internet Service Provider and proceeded to build it up to the largest ISP in the Grand Rapids area.
- In partnership with North American Cable Company rolled out High Speed Cable Modem Access in Northern Minnesota in the Spring of 1998.
- We handled all of the technical side of the business as part of our agreement. That included the acquisition, installing and support all of the needed equipment at the headend.
- Sold this company to Murphy McGinnis Interactive out of Duluth Minnesota in August 1999.
Owner
Great American Shirt Factory
Grand Rapids
02.1996 - 09.1996
- Owned and operated a retail store providing customized printed apparel.
- Implemented all advertising and sales promotions.
- Discovered retail sales was not my “Cup of Tea.”
Chief Manager / President
Sportsmax L.L.C. / Sportsmax Inc.
Warba
01.1994 - 01.1996
- Expanded sales from 550,000 to 1.2 million.
- Supervised five different departments.
- Expanded product lines from three to seven with over 25 SKU’s.
- Implemented all advertising and sales promotions.
Superior Products Inc. (predecessor to Sportsmax)
Grand Rapids
01.1991 - 01.1994
- Started new company and implemented all of its sales and marketing programs.
- Sales increased from $50,000 for a partial first year to $320,000 for second year and $550,000 in third year.
Education
University of Minnesota-Duluth - Accounting, Business Management
University of Minnesota-Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota01.1985
Skills
- Android
- HTML
- HTML5
- JavaScript
- JQuery
- ColdFusion
- Node JS
- MEAN Stack
- Angular
- Python
- Windows PowerShell
- Fire TV Platform
- Java
- Dart
- Vue
- VueX
- Android Things
- IOS
- Swift
- PHP
- Bright Script
- Roku
- C#/Net Framework
- Microsoft Entity Framework
- LINQ
- Rabbit MQ
- Docker
- MSSQL
- ORACLE
- MongoDB
- Amazon Web Services
- AWS
- Google Cloud Platform
- GCP
- Android Phones
- Android Tablets
- Amazon Fire Devices
- Amazon Echo Devices
- Google Home Devices
- Roku Devices
- Google Chromecasts
- Raspberry Pi
- IPhone
- IPads
Children
8 children ages 42 – 32.
Personal Information
Marital Status: Married
Hobbies and Interests
- Enjoy hockey
- Snowmobiling
- Other winter activities
Past Web Programming Projects
- Chatbots - Have built many utilizing many different communication channels; Text Messaging, Web Messaging and Facebook Messenger and Twitter.
- ColdFusion Server Side – leveraging the available APIs from different Social Media Channels and the Twilio Communication APIs, through CF code written mostly in CF Script.
- Info Boards – Built a Digital Signage app targeted to any Android Devices or TVs, but more specifically targeting Fire TV sticks due to their cost-effective nature.
- NODE/MEAN Stack Back End CMS – Broadcast Management System was built using the MEAN Stack while calling to Web Services/API’s utilizing Cold Fusion and MSSQL.
- Data over Sound Application(s) – Contesting and Savings application where the payload is delivered using Data over Sound.
- Silent Auctions Application – Built an entire application to replace the old school system of silent auctions.
- Web Based Auctions – same concept as above but main bidding vehicle was a web site, instead of the Android tablets.
- Interactive Contests - Contests, mostly promoted by Media companies to drive traffic into participating businesses.
- Interactive Print Products – Integrate Text Codes or Kwik Codes as we call them into Print Products to drive mobile interaction.
Androidi O S Programming Projects
- 2010, Built Real Estate App (iOS and Android) for our newspaper customers. It was a connected app retrieving active MLS listing data from our servers.
- 2010, On Site Contesting – Android app would run on remotely controlled and secured Tablets where individuals would enter a unique code that was on a flyer that was delivered to their home via different distribution models.
- 2010, Contesting via Facebook, SMS entry and IVR phone entry - Same method as above was used for entry and verification utilizing secured and remotely managed tablets, but the entry methods were different.
- 2010, Collect and Win – Consumers would go to participating merchants and collect game pieces. They would then scan the game pieces using our Android/iOS app to see if they were a winner.
- 2010, Classified Entry Kiosks – Android Kiosks (secured and remotely controlled) were used to enter classified ads that sometimes may have a cost associated with them and appropriate eCommerce features were built into that app.
- 2010, Trivia Contests – Both Android and iOS app were provided as entry mechanisms in a local trivia contest to test residents’ knowledge.
- 2010, Auction App – Multiple methods for bidding including Android and iOS apps, coupled with Text Message bidding IVR Telephone bidding and of course web bidding.
- 2010, Digital Signage App – Detailed more on next page. One version was built for Android Devices/Android TV’s for display on HDMI devices.
Timeline
Senior Product Manager – Expense Platform
InterplX LLC (CerebriAI)
11.2025 - Current
Senior Product Manager – Expense Platform
InterplX LLC (Serko Corp)
07.2022 - 11.2025
Product Manager – Expense Platform
InterplX LLC (Serko Corp)
03.2020 - 06.2022
Senior Software Engineer
InterplX LLC (Serko Corp)
08.2019 - 03.2020
Short term Corp. to Corp. placement
TSI Corp / Horizontal Integration
04.2019 - 06.2019
Short term Corp. to Corp. placement
AAR Corp / Resource 1
12.2018 - 02.2019
President/CEO
Multimedia Concepts LLC / Community Delivered LLC
08.2011 - 01.2018
General Manager / Managing Partner
Desktop Daily LLC DBA Ottawa Delivered
03.2009 - 08.2011
Director of Online Operations
American Consolidated Media SPC / ACM / MMI
04.2007 - 02.2009
Internet Sales Consultant
TownNews.com
12.2004 - 06.2007
Majority owner and operator
Desktop Concepts and Design, L.L.C.
11.2002 - 12.2004
Chief Operating Officer and VP-Software Development
BP Internet Solutions, Inc.
11.1999 - 11.2002
Owner
Great American Shirt Factory
02.1996 - 09.1996
President
Internet Express LLC / Internet Radio Inc
01.1996 - 10.1999
Owner
GrandNET LLC
01.1996 - 08.1999
Chief Manager / President
Sportsmax L.L.C. / Sportsmax Inc.
01.1994 - 01.1996
Superior Products Inc. (predecessor to Sportsmax)
01.1991 - 01.1994
University of Minnesota-Duluth - Accounting, Business Management
University of Minnesota-Duluth