Steve's.WORKS

Since March 2022
Since March 2022 I have been serving as Interim Head of Sales for Zalvus GmbH, providing cutting edge recruiting solutions to hundreds of midsize companies in the DACH region, and dozens of DAX Listed companies.

I have been engaged to help the Geschäftsführung build the company through a period of strong growth. During this time, the Sales Team has grown from 12 to 17 teammembers, and the company to almost 80.

I have been responsible for disciplinary leadership, as well as sales controlling, recruiting, product ownership for our in house CRM, and many other responsibilities.

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August 2019 to February 2022
I was the Co-Founder and one of the shareholders of WeShape.world GmbH, a company specializing in democratizing Corporate Social Responsibility between a Corporation, its Employees and Social Organizations.

I was, along with my Co-Founder, responsible for virtually every part of the start up: concept, marketing, partnerships with NPOs, processes, business development and general management.

It has been a tremendous learning process, and has brought me in connection to fantastic new networks including: Social Impact, Non Profit Organizations, Venture Capital, Angel Investing and Start Up Accelerators.

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December 2009 to September 2021
Altus Aviation was founded in 2009, along with a partner in the United States, and specialized as agents in the marketing and trade of business jets and helicopters.

Working with Altus, I met some extraordinary people, had some even more extraordinary experiences and it brought me to places in this world, I otherwise never would have gone, from swimming in Abu Dhabi in 50 degree heat, to hovering at over 5,000 feet in the middle of Anatolia, to driving through Sweden in the middle of a very bright, mid-summer night.

Any given project could span several months, multiple time zones, different languages, cultures, and various regulatory bodies. Sometimes a project would involve up to 50 stakeholders from the Boardroom to maintenance workers, all with various motivations.

July 2016 to May 2019
For three years, I worked as a Business Development Consultant for Heron Aviation, a company specializing in the management and operation of business jets on behalf of owners.

I helped to develop and implement repeatable sales and marketing processes for charter clients and management acquisitions.

And worked closely with the CEO daily on business development strategies including acquisitions of other companies.

During tenure the fleet increased from three to seven aircraft, and expanded to include a subsidiary in Spain.

June 2002 to Autumn 2007
Unsure of what to do following my graduation from the University, I took a job at the Ohio Insurance Liquidator, an organization responsible for the liquidation of insolvent insurance companies.

I began in data entry, summarizing documents in a few brief sentences for forensic accountants and attorneys. After a while, I came to manage a team of between 10-15 warehouse and database workers, while also getting more work in reviewing documents related to the case.

Eventually, I began to notice patterns in the timelines and communications of multiple employees at the Insolvent Insurance company and was able to help the accountants and attorneys establish documentary evidence of wrongdoing.

When, a few years later, I decided to move to Turkey, I was asked to stay on as a remote consultant in order to support on multiple cases. This was my first real remote work, which continued for two more years.

1999-2001
From 1999 to 2001, I gained some experience in Journalism, working for a while in the Public Relations Department at Capital University, as an editor at Purpose Magazine, as a Columnist and finally as Editor-in-Chief at the Chimes, Capital University's Student Newspaper, managing a team of 27.