Steve started his career developing tax software for the CPA firm of Arthur Andersen. He went on to different companies to manage both product development and product management for retail systems and education. At its peak, this involved managing 200+ people in locations around the world. After the tech downturn, he used his MBA to consult and return to school for a masters of accounting. He then joined the CPA firm of RSM (previously McGladrey) and audited various service organizations including consultants, non-profits and hospitals. In 2014 he combined his technology and accounting background and started providing CFO consulting services in the SaaS market (CaaS for SaaS). One of his first clients was Haiku Learning where, after raising interim funding and completing their first audits, was sold to Vista Equity Partners in June of 2016.

Clayton has more than 15 years of software and product development experience and is a co-founder of SaaSOptics. Previously, he worked with co-founder David Ryan at MarketingCentral, as vice president of product development, building its SaaS marketing automation solution. Clayton has also led technical teams at Fair Isaac Corp. and ACS-Inc. Before focusing his career on technology, he was a teacher in the Los Angeles school district. Clayton earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of West Georgia and an MBA with honors from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.