About the Owner

Steve Samuelson

Steve Samuelson is a retired college professor. He taught Electronics and Computer Science for over 25 years. His Electronic Gradebook(sm) program has been used by many of his colleges. He has taken courses in Human Factors Engineering, and applies concepts from those courses to provide very user-friendly software.

Steve has also had a love of music since before he took his first music lesson at age five. When he was only twelve years old, he was chosen to direct the school band for a concert the band director couldn't attend. In his teens, he studied Jazz Theory and Arranging with Dave Wheeler, one of Columbus's best arrangers. While working on a degree in Psychology at OSU, he continued performing in several musical groups including his own combo and the OSU Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Workshop band. He has worked with many professional groups in the Columbus Area, and for fifteen years, he was the director of the DeVry Stage Band. For several years, he headed up the Steve Samuelson Big Band, a group which specialized in ballroom dance music. He is a member of the "The Sounds Pretty Good Strollers, " a strolling Dixieland band, and the Sonia Modes Trio. During all of his experiences, he has been a keen observer of human nature. He knows how to provide what audiences want and keep the music fun for the musicians too.