Steve served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. He was on the flight deck of the USS

Enterprise on January 14, 1969, when it suffered catastrophic explosions and fire. It remains one

of the most significant naval disasters in U.S. history. As a result of his injuries, Steve was granted a 100%

disabled discharge. After his military service, Steve was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Skyway Freight

Systems (Skyway), an early innovator of transportation and supply chain practices in product

visibility, postponement, feature manufacturing, VMI/JIT warehousing, and time-definite

delivery. These became industry standards for Skyway’s customers Apple, Compaq,

Computerland, Dell, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Inacom, Intec, Intel, Motorola, and Texas Instruments.

Following the sale of Skyway to Union Pacific, Steve founded Spectrum Logistics (Spectrum), a

consulting “resultant” firm, supporting corporate boards by developing and implementing strategic

plans that delivered results. Turnaround scenarios include acting as COO of BAX Global, a

highly troubled $2 billion global freight forwarding & logistics company, where

Steve built the BAX US ground truck network to take freight off expensive airplanes, saving BAX

from bankruptcy. After BAX, Steve ran P/L losing Kamino Logistics in the UK, returning it to

profitability, reincorporating it in Hong Kong and selling it as Tigers Limited to GeoPost, the

investment arm of the French Post Office.