Steve is president of a consultancy that specializes in working with retailers and suppliers in the convenience retail / petroleum marketing industry. He has over 35 years of experience that spans top management positions in both entrepreneurial and large corporate business environments. He has served as President and Member of the Board of Directors for Dairy Mart Corporation, and as General Manager for Convenience Stores and Manager of Convenience Retail Strategies and Programs for Amoco Oil Company.

Steve is a past member of the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Retailer Board of Directors and its Supplier Board. He is currently a member of its Manpower Committee. Steve is a regular contributor to articles on the convenience retail / petroleum marketing channel and is a frequent speaker at industry functions. He has worked with NACS as a Program Director and Program Moderator on topics ranging from Foodservice to Non-Traditional Competitors. Steve is a member of RetailWire’s BrainTrust, the Convenience Store Education Council, International Business Advisory Board of Western New England University and the Convenience Retailing University Advisory Council. A list of presentations and articles is available upon request.

His retail clients have ranged from single store operators to large multinational firms. These include such companies as Chevron USA Products Company, Crescent Oil Company, Exxon Company, USA, LG-Caltex, Lekkerland (Switzerland) Ltd., Mobil Oil Corporation, Murphy Oil USA, NACS, Pride Convenience, Inc., FasMart, East West Resorts, Irving Oil Corporation, and Shell Canada Products Limited. Supplier clients include Allied Capital, Coca-Cola USA, Food Concepts, Inc., Harmonic Systems, Inc., Kraft Foods, Kellogg, General Mills, S&D Coffee, M&M Mars, Nestlé, and Sara lee Coffee and Tea.