Steven Potash is President and CEO of OverDrive, Inc., a digital media company he founded in 1986. Under his leadership, OverDrive has become a leading digital media distributor and Digital Rights Management (DRM) clearinghouse for hundreds of leading publishers, studios, and media producers in the US and abroad. OverDrive distributes over 100,000 premium eBook, audiobook, music, and video titles to a network of over 6,000 libraries and online retail websites.

Mr. Potash has been active in the electronic publishing industry since the 80's. He developed interactive diskette and CD ROM media products for professionals, students, and consumers. Mr. Potash has led OverDrive into strategic relationships with Microsoft Corporation, Adobe Systems, Inc., and hundreds of leading media companies and retailers. During the 90's, OverDrive began offering print-to-digital conversion services to publishers, and eCommerce solutions for retailers in the trade, academic, and consumer markets. Since 2000, Mr. Potash launched Content Reserve, which has grown to become the world's leading distribution network for eBooks and digital media with over 100,000 products from 500 publishers. During 2002 OverDrive expanded its digital content services to public, academic, and corporate libraries with the launch of Digital Library Reserve.

Mr. Potash serves as President of the International Digital Publishing Forum (www.idpf.org), an international standards body and trade association for digital book applications. Mr. Potash's experience and knowledge about digital rights management, intellectual property issues, and electronic publishing has led to many speaking engagements in the US and abroad. He has authored a number of articles and white papers on digital rights management and electronic publishing.

Through his collaboration with the federal and state agencies, Mr. Potash has worked extensively for better improved accessibility to media for the visually impaired and blind. Prior to OverDrive, Mr. Potash was active in the practice of law, served as Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General, served as an acting Municipal Judge, and authored technology columns for the American Bar Association Journal. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he earned a B.A. in Journalism from Ohio State and his J.D. from the Cleveland Marshall College of Law. He is currently licensed to practice law in Ohio and federal courts. He lives in Cleveland with his wife Loree.