# Steve Shivers

> Steve Shivers is the Bellevue-based co-founder and CEO of doxo, a consumer bill-payment company created in 2008 with former Qpass colleagues Mark Goris and Roger Parks. His career has moved through InfoSpace, Qpass and OpenMarket, consistently orbiting mobile commerce and payments. At doxo, he became known for an unusually patient financing strategy: after early venture rounds, the company went 11 years without a new institutional round, rebuilt its business, and raised an $18.5 million Series C in 2022. In 2026, doxo agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission litigation; the settlement imposed five years of reporting and monitoring, contained no admission of wrongdoing, and entered no monetary judgment against Shivers or Parks.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at doxo
- **Organizations:** doxo, OpenMarket, Qpass, InfoSpace, Operation Nightwatch Seattle
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, MBA, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded doxo in 2008 and has led it as CEO since inception., Helped build OpenMarket from a Qpass division into a mobile-commerce operation serving hundreds of content and app companies across more than 50 mobile networks., Led doxo through an 11-year interval between institutional funding rounds and closed an $18.5 million Series C in 2022.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2000** — Worked in the Washington, D.C. area before moving to the Seattle region.
- **Early 2000s** — Served as GM Europe and vice president of mobile at InfoSpace.
- **2000s** — Became SVP of sales and marketing at mobile-payment platform Qpass.
- **2006** — Led OpenMarket as GM/SVP after developing it as a Qpass division; Amdocs acquired Qpass for $275 million.
- **2008** — Co-founded doxo with former Qpass colleagues Mark Goris and Roger Parks.
- **2009-2011** — Doxo raised early institutional rounds and launched its consumer document and bill-management service.
- **2011-2022** — Led an 11-year period without a new institutional funding round while the company reset and rebuilt its model.
- **2022** — Raised an $18.5 million Series C led by Jackson Square Ventures.
- **2026** — Doxo resolved FTC litigation through a $2.1 million company settlement with five years of reporting and monitoring requirements; the settlement contained no admission of wrongdoing and no monetary judgment against Shivers or Parks.

## Achievements

- Co-founded doxo in 2008 and has led it as CEO since inception.
- Helped build OpenMarket from a Qpass division into a mobile-commerce operation serving hundreds of content and app companies across more than 50 mobile networks.
- Led doxo through an 11-year interval between institutional funding rounds and closed an $18.5 million Series C in 2022.
- Built doxo into a national bill-payment service used by more than 10 million consumers across 97 percent of U.S. ZIP codes, according to the company.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Doxo agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle FTC allegations concerning search advertising, fees and subscription disclosures. The proposed order requires five years of reporting and monitoring; doxo said the agreement contained no admission of wrongdoing and no monetary judgment against Shivers or Roger Parks.
- **2026-06** — Shivers commented on doxo's 2026 state-by-state bill-pay report, arguing that localized expense data helps households understand and manage essential costs.
- **2025-08** — Shivers announced doxo's third consecutive Great Place to Work certification, citing a company-reported 98 percent positive employee response.

## Links

- Website: https://www.doxo.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveshivers
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/seattleshivers

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Last updated: 2026-09-27