Working His Way Up

"We also had Macintosh computers on campus, so I was exposed to the very latest in cutting-edge computers," quips Steenhoek, adding that having access to Macs in 1986 was cutting edge.

Steenhoek left college to join the work force and got his first job as production coordinator for the Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB), in Des Moines, where he operated the one-person in-plant by running a duplicator, folder, collator, inserter and addressograph machine.