[1] MacDonald grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada, and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Dalhousie University.
He began his high technology career with Hewlett Packard, where he spent eleven years in international sales and marketing management.
After leaving Adobe, MacDonald became CEO of Active Software, a startup that helped define the enterprise application integration category.
Steve also served as an outside board member for two public companies: Verity Inc.[2] and NCD Computing.
[3] Most recently MacDonald co-founded FineEye Color Solutions, where he currently serves as the company's president and CEO.