Steve has been instrumental in managing two significant programs for the company over the past four years while helping to drive operational stability in the process. Both programs serve NASA’s needs in supporting the International Space Station and are therefore inherently complicated efforts. Multiple parties to deal with, demanding schedules, and high expectations have been the order of the day. Failing to execute on the contracts, however, was never an option. With a “can-do” attitude and the experience to back it up, Steve has managed resources, material, and timelines as a fully embedded team member to remarkable success.
Robert Byron, CEO, Giner, Inc.
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Steven came to us to help manage a very large space flight program. The program was experiencing significant challenges related to quality, process controls, expectations management, scope creep, scope definitions, and serving multiple parties up to and including NASA. Within just weeks Steven managed to digest the most critical aspects of the program order, contracts, statement of work, and operating metrics, putting into place Gantt charts and controls to give us visibility into the program, progress, and key processes. He’s been on this program for two years and has been a critical contributor to the entire effort, saving us large sums of money by doing the due diligence to hold parties accountable to their obligations and deliverables.
I find Steven direct, honest, competent, engaging, and never question his ethics or integrity. He’s not someone to shy away from hard truths and has been an exceptional ally and resource for us. Finally, he’s able to provide direct feedback and critique without making it personal, helping other team members understand and learn how to hold themselves accountable to their own deliverables. Highly recommend and would hire again without question.
Greg Rutan (formerly VP of Global Business Development at Giner)
Presently: Sales Executive – Kalibrate
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Steven brings a compelling level of maturity, academic, and technical experience to his problem-solving approach, which allows him to both successfully manage and contribute solutions to complex projects. As my Engineering Manager, he led an effort to identify, source, test, and implement a replacement polymer material when the previous component developed intermittent critical failures in the lab and field. This project became the top corporate priority, with Regulatory, Safety, and Commercial impacts. Steven’s ability to separate the project into manageable pieces, contribute important physical and structural knowledge toward material selection, and drive the project team to a successful conclusion were instrumental, all while operating under a significant spotlight. I would not hesitate to put any critical Operations project under Steven’s charge.
David Kressler (formerly VP of Operations at CardioFocus)
Vice President of Operations – Nuvaira, Inc.- Retired
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Steven is a consummate professional and has an even-keel way of working through projects both collaboratively and efficiently. His wealth of technical background that he brings to a project, either in a leadership role or as a subject matter expert, is why working with him was most successful. Steven led a time-sensitive project to identify, source, and implement a secondary supplier for EtO contract sterilization of our medical products. His approach to breaking down a project and working within a cross-functional team, including external engineering groups, shows his ability to multi-task and keep the project focused bringing the project to an effective endpoint. The successful completion of this project protected business continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic despite supply chain disruptions of critical materials and services, including sterilization suppliers.
Having worked with Steven on many key projects, I would not hesitate to put any critical Operations and Development project under Steven’s responsibilities, knowing that it will be well-thought out and successfully completed.
Herbert Boge (Formerly Director of Quality at CardioFocus)
Presently: QA/QC Site Director – Repligen Corporation
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Steve and I worked together for a period before he became my direct report. Steve is educated, bright and resourceful when faced with difficult issues. Steve standardized processes to ensure a robust window existed for a manually run operation to be successful even with the human element considered. Steve engineered a patented process and developed parameters to allow a repeated and error free outcome when run. This was not a simple task as there was little information enshrined when he began the task.
John Sansoucy (formerly General Manager, D-CHN Metal Finishing)
Presently: Director of Operations – Rypos – Retired
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I worked with Steve in some highly visible and large reliability improvement projects. He was the project manager and technical lead responsible for developing detailed plans and coordinating large multidisciplinary teams. During implementation he was key in the DOEs, data analysis and root cause analysis efforts that led to the resolution of very complex problems involving Software, Electronics, Mechanics, Optics and Chemistry. His broad engineering knowledge paired with his strong background in statistics and Six Sigma make him a very valuable asset to any organization that deals with sophisticated products and/or processes.
Francesc Fernandez (formerly Director R&D, Instrument Development at Werfen)
Presently: Vice President R&D (Cardiopulmonary) – LivaNova *************************
Steven directed technically driven process improvements which invariably improved reliability of IL’s products. As the Customer Simulation Lab Manager, I have found that Steven’s protocols are well written and thorough. I have found Steven to be that rare combination of technically and scientifically professional, yet very pleasant to work with. I heartily recommend Steven.
Jayson Colby (formerly Quality Assurance Manager at Instrumentation Laboratory)
Presently: JRC Healthcare – Independent Consultant