As Chief Operating Officer, Steve is responsible for the company's overall day-to-day operations with a particular focus on driving incremental value for Reprise Media's clients through innovative new products and unparalleled service. Before joining Reprise Media, Steve spent ten years at AOL, LLC, where he held a variety of executive roles in Interactive Marketing, Acquisition Marketing and Online Production and Publishing. Most recently he was responsible for the largest acquisition marketing channel where he led the first integrated program leveraging search, advertising and subscription services offered by a major consumer PC OEM. Prior to his role in Marketing, Steve was the architect of AOL's Strategic Client Services organization. As head of Strategic Client Services, Steve worked closely with many of the world's leading consumer brands and launched numerous workflow, reporting and process improvement programs. He also led some of the earliest innovative interactive marketings programs, including acquisition, branding and cross-media firsts among leading financial services, CE, telecom and CPG companies. Earlier in his tenure at AOL, Steve led the Production and Publishing Group responsible for launching some of the earliest ad banners and support systems on the AOL Service and producing some of the largest interactive properties on the web. Prior to AOL, Steve held a variety of marketing, sales and distribution roles with industry leaders such as PepsiCo, Campbell Soup and Kraft. Steve received his undergraduate degree from the Virginia Military Institute, with post graduate studies at M.I.T in ecommerce and system dynamics. Outside of work, Steve enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, rooting for and subsequently being disappointed by all three Cleveland sports franchises and obsessing over anything with a motor and wheels. |