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Steve has four-plus decades of management, executive, and consulting success in both the public and private sectors; and, has headed ConnVerge since 1986.

He also led a $6B major U.S. healthcare-insurer's national qualified-plans' consulting, customer-service, and call-center staffs. They provided comprehensive design, documentation, implementation, administration, and Federal-compliance services for 1,400 employer groups' outsourced health, welfare, fringe-benefit, human-resource, and retirement plans. Steve developed those programs as the corporation's principal outside benefits consultant; and, he subsequently became their internal product champion and subject-matter expert.

Additionally, Steve has directed Compensation / Benefits / Human Resources project management for a prominent Fortune-100 corporation's Americas-based clients. Before that, he served as international Vice President of both Human Resources and Office Administration for a diversified worldwide REIT. He has also held numerous Federal Government senior administrative, human resource, advisory, and oversight positions; and, has directed multiple statewide and global Federal HR, compliance, recruitment, and healthcare programs, under ten distinct U.S. Presidential administrations, and in six major competitive-service Federal agencies.

Permanently disabled, Steve received multiple appointments to the original U.S. President's Committee for Employment of the Handicapped, under both Democrat and Republican administrations. During the Vietnam conflict, Steve served as a commissioned regular Naval Supply Corps Officer; and carried high-level security clearances in Facilities / Logistics, ADP / IT, Cryptography, and Nuclear Weapons. He currently holds an active Federal-Government High Risk, High Public Trust clearance.

Steve was the first Florida-based practitioner designated an Instructor or master practitioner in flexible compensation, benefit programs, and employee-choice plans. He is formally certified in total-benefits systems' consulting, operations, and compliance. He has been awarded Contracting Officer and / or Compliance Officer credentials in Facilities / Logistics, Fair Housing / Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Labor / Employee Relations, and HR / Healthcare programs.

He also is a trained and experienced Federal principal management negotiator and assessment-center administrator. Additionally, Steve is authorized to practice before governing Federal agencies in qualified-plan problem-resolution cases. Committed to higher education, he has completed substantial academic work beyond a Masters Degree in Business Administration (Personnel Management / Labor Relations) from George Washington University. Earlier, Steve attended Holy Cross College on a full scholarship.

His lineage tracks directly back to the earliest days of American history; and, includes direct bloodline predecessors who arrived aboard Mayflower, Fortune, Anne, and with the Gorges' expedition. From them, Steve is a twelfth-generation Massachusetts' native. His ninth great-grandfather was the recognized original founder of Boston, the first European settler of Rhode Island, and the first Episcopalian priest in the American colonies. Others, whom he also proudly represents in numerous heritage societies, fought at Bunker Hill and Valley Forge.

A cancer survivor of nearly forty years, Steve is an empathetic and authentic knowledge worker, who strives to weave personal strength, kindness, and caring into his initiatives. With over 10,000 lifetime hours of volunteer service, he also believes in giving back to his community through advocacy and outreach in numerous social-justice, common-good, and community-service programs. As part of that commitment, he participates in many religious ministries; and, in job-placement, veterans / disabled-assistance, human-dignity, civil-rights, LGBTQ, PTSD, social-justice, peace, autism, youth-services, cancer-support, historic-preservation, and wildlife-rescue causes.

An adult leader for 40 years, Steve served on the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), as North Florida Council's International and High Adventure Chairman for 13 years, and, as a multi-decade member of both the local Council's Advisory and Executive boards. He led contingents and served on staff at both National and World Jamborees. He is Philmont trained in International Scouting; and, is a Heritage Society member, Silver James West Fellow, Woodbadge awardee, International Scouter, Silver Fox, Silver Beaver, Commissioner's College Masters Degree recipient, and Lifetime Honorary BSA International Ambassador.

As a US diplomatic-service family member, Steve has lived throughout the U.S., and, in both Europe and the Near East, traveling in excess of one million miles and relocating his principal residence 28 times. Steve enjoys fine food and wine; and, is a multi-decade Master Knight of the Vine. He has also restored facilities to National Historic Register status; and, has overseen early nineteenth-century state-register church properties.

Steve's professional background, advanced education, and personal integrity guarantee the finest in custom-tailored consulting support, from ConnVerge, Inc.®

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