A Testament To Teamwork

I've been fortunate to lead and work with highly effective cross-functional teams throughout my career. Together we created many successful and innovative new products which delighted consumers and grew sales and profits for customers and leading national brands.

Here are testimonials from some of my teammates, managers and co-workers:

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What they said:

What was created:

Jason Huebsch, Sr Director of R&D, TruRoots

I worked with Steve to develop and launch our innovative new line of natural salad dressings and vinaigrettes. He was very thorough in his efforts to produce quality products that met consumer needs and achieve business objectives. He proactively developed a very effective new product brief with my department that saved time and costs, as well as better communicate the deliverables for the new product. He was able to keep projects on time with his communication and management. His interpersonal skills made it easy to work with Steve.

Steve Dragt, Principal at Agile Innovations

Steve was an excellent brand manager at Bolthouse Farms and represented both consumer and customer interests in our development teams. Steve was equally driven by data analysis and common sense which was a good combination for the innovative products we were developing. Steve is a collaborative person with good leadership skills, all backed up with an excellent sense for the consumer's need.

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Frank Honold, President/Owner, Stonecasters, LLC

Along with managing our market research activity, Steve spear-headed the development and launch of a major product category extension for Dremel, gaining a strong #2 position in the marketplace and generating strong sales and profits for the company.

Justin Matuszek, Sr Director, Channel Marketing, Master Lock

Steve was a strong product management professional that I worked with at Dremel. He was responsible for successfully leading Dremel into an adjacent market to drive non-canibalistic sales as he launched a new product line and related accessories. He successfully determined the competitive set, identified the prefered features based on consumer insights, and managed a cross-functional team to develop and launch a superior product. After successfully entering the category wiht the new product line, he grew Dremel's market share substantially. Ultimately, Dremel ended up purchasing the competitive product line, and Steve became responsible for positioning and managing both brands successfully. Steve is very passionate about his product lines, driven to succeed, and clearly communicates expectations.

Arvind Mohan, Head of FP&A for RMS

During my time with Steve (at Chiquita) he proved himself to be as an astute general manager who was able to devise creative strategies in order to introduce new products despite acute organizational constraints. I will highly recommend his services to any organization that values organized thinking and systematic execution.

Tom Coady, VP Brand Development, Design Partners

I worked with Steve as a graphic design partner on a new product launch. Steve took the product from concept thru launch. He kept our entire design team engaged and provided focused direction. Steve is extremely enthusiastic about his work, which is infectious. I certainly look forward to working with Steve again.