Steven McKean

Steven McKean is the CEO and Co-Founder of Billshark and the Chairman and Co-Founder of ApexEdge, the parent platform that powers Billshark. He is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in product development, customer acquisition, and building tech-enabled businesses.

Before founding Billshark, McKean built Acceller Inc. from a family-funded startup to approximately $50 million in revenue. Acceller was recognized as #54 on the Inc. 500 list in 2007 and was a two-time winner of the South Florida Business Journal's Best Place to Work award. He sold the business to Bridgevine in 2014. McKean holds a BBA and MAcc from the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business and began his career as a Senior Auditor and Consultant at Arthur Andersen & Co.

Steven McKean writes about bill negotiation strategy, consumer financial wellness, and tech-enabled business growth on the Billshark blog. His perspective is shaped by three decades of building consumer-facing technology businesses.

Steven McKean and Brian Keaney co-founded Billshark in 2015 after working together at Acceller, where they managed customer acquisition for major service providers including Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and Charter-Cox. They recognized that the same industry knowledge used to sell services could be flipped to help consumers negotiate lower rates. Mark Cuban backed the company as an advisor and investor.

Billshark is a bill negotiation service backed by Mark Cuban that helps consumers lower their recurring monthly bills for internet, wireless, pay TV, satellite radio, and other eligible services. The company reports a 90% success rate and average savings of $450. Billshark charges a one-time fee of 40% of the savings achieved, with no fee if no savings are found.