Steve Somers is a self-proclaimed Germanophile. A lover of (nearly) all things German, Steve has been fascinated with Germany since his college days when he first began studying the German language. Steve has studied, worked and lived in Germany and traveled the country extensively, including places usually only frequented by Germans themselves. When not dreaming of Germany, Steve is professionally employed in the finance arena, having held a variety of corporate financial positions and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Steve is a graduate of Lehigh University and resides in suburban Philadelphia with his wife, Danielle and family.