SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
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In addition to working in the oil industry for more than 10 years, Steve has a double master's degree in both Strategic Management and Finance. He has consulted firms in the US as well as in Mexico and has appeared as a guest on several academic speaking engagements. He has owned his own retail furniture stores and has assisted individuals to start their own businesses. He has been a financial consultant to individual private investors. He is currently working on his dissertation in "Behavioral Finance" which will have a significant impact in the upcoming financial world. He was a plant manager for a large pallet company in the Bay Area. Where he helped change the company appearance for the sale of the company. He has worked for a printing company in the Bay Area where he attained the skills and knowledge as plant manager before going on to the pallet company.
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OBJECTIVE:
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Contract, Executive Coach Consultant, Oil Project Management at Oil Company
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
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Thrust Strategic Management Consultants
High Power Organizational Leadership Training Consultant
Coached upper level management teams to implement strategic formulation process and to assist organizations in a developing nation. Completion of a one year assignment in Nairobi, Kenya as a result a school of Leadership training was achieved.
Rio Tinto Minerals
Lab Analyst
Sampling minerals for impurities to include sulfur dioxide and nitrates
Open Company, London, Great Britain
Driven Process Coach Consultant
Completed implementation process for foreign manufacturing plants in a Latin American country. Worked with top and mid level managers in processing plants to make organizational changes with training tools in operational and strategic excellence for efficiency turnaround and profit maximization.
Bay Area Pallet (Pallex), Oakley, CA
Result Oriented Plant Manager
Director of plant operations: Responsible for production operations management activities and safety of 70
Employees. HR: Employee evaluations and hiring.
Management: Produced reports for production operations to insure efficiencies and JIT of finished products.
Timec Company Incorporated, Vallejo, CA
Heavy Hitter Turnaround Lead/Industrial Mechanic
Maintenance Mechanic A /Lead: Supervised crews during shutdown and turnaround at various refineries throughout the Bay Area. Duties included: revamp, modifications, and demolition, installing new equipment, revisions were made with Refinery Engineers to implement changes. Was on the heavy hitter exchanger crew during shutdown and achieved many successful start-ups. Refinery plants to include: Chevron,
Unocal, Shell Oil, Exxon, Tosco and Pacific Refinery Companies.
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EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION:
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Alliant International University
MIBA, Finance (June 2003)
Made Deans List and was part of the SIE program.
Alliant International University
MIBA, Strategic Management (June 2000)
Dean's Honor List, President Sigma Iota Epsilon.
United States International University
BA, International Business Management (June 1999)
Presentations on Business Ethics, Mentor, faculty assistant.
Cuesta College-San Luis Obispo
Associates, Business Admin (June 1998)
Member of the Business Club, MECHA, contributed toward business plans writing for the community, SBA
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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Honors / Awards
received many safety awards in the oil refineries and had achieved the highest work ethic award.
While in school received Dean's list award and had won the presidency for Sigma Iota Epsilon a prestigious
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