Steve joined Mor-Liquidity in the Fall of 2019. He brings a wealth of experience to his role as Senior Associate especially starting, growing and selling two of his own companies: Packaging Connections and Marketing Breakthroughs.
While CEO of Marketing Breakthroughs, he coached over 200 clients including some of Ottawa’s best known family-owned companies. He is well known for his highly creative, multi-channel radio, TV, digital and direct mail advertising campaigns on behalf of Holmes Heating (2004 – 2013), Greely Sand & Gravel (2011 – 2019) and Preston Hardware (2007 – 2019).
Between 1996 and 2006, he produced two nationally syndicated radio features (CareerWise, A Motivational Minute) and a best selling book, (JobWise).
During his executive career prior to 1990, Steve served as Chief Corporate Planning and Development Officer for Lawson & Jones, Lawson Mardon Group, Molson’s Ontario Breweries and Innopac. While at Lawson & Jones, he helped CEO Larry Tapp engineer the $559 million leveraged buyout of Lawson and its parent Mardon Packaging International. Within six months after the buyout, Steve sold 10 of Lawson’s non-core companies and divisions, including NER Data, Boyertown Packaging, Mardon Packaging US and Michigan Litho, for nearly $100 million.
Steve is also well-known in the Ottawa business community for his volunteer work as Executive Producer of the Gold Plate Dinner, one of the city’s most successful fundraising galas, produced for the Hellenic Community of Ottawa and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
He is a two time graduate of the Queen’s University School of Business.