Steve Lewis has been an active technical diver, instructor and expedition leader since the early 1990s when diving was an antidote to a career in marketing and brand management. In 2002 he retired from the corporate world and became a dive bum full-time, and is currently a training, and product consultant for a major rebreather manufacturer and design consultant for a leading open-circuit dive equipment company.

His other professional credits include serving on the Training Advisory Panel for TDI, SDI, ERDI, working as managing editor for Diving Adventure Magazine, and a contributing editor for Underwater Journal. He is also a regular contributor of articles and essays for several on-Line publications.