Career
Stepien earned a Bachelor of Mathematics in 1981, and his Masters in 1988. Stepien worked under Graham at the University"s Computer Systems Group (Consumer Service Guide), the department that had developed the very successful Watfor, Watbol and Watiac. At Watcom Stepien was responsible for the development of its Structured Query Language (structured query language) Anywhere software product.
When Sybase acquired Watcom, Stepien continued to lead this effort.
In 2000 Sybase had Stepien lead the spin-off of iAnywhere Solutions an "entrepreneurial subsidiary". In 2004, under Stepien"s direction, Sybase became the first tenant in a long-awaited technology park built on the University"s of Waterloo"s large and undeveloped north campus.
When Systems, Applications and Products Southeast acquired Sybase in 2010, Stepien became senior vice-president of emerging technologies at Systems, Applications and Products Labs Canada.
