Steve has been involved in international economic development and trade activities for the past 17 years. During the 1990s, he began his extensive contact with maquiladora industry manufacturers as executive director of U.S.-Mexico border economic development agencies. During this period his use of technology in regional marketing efforts received national recognition.

Steve joined The Offshore Group in 2000, and holds a Master’s Degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh, and is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He also received additional training at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

His duties with The Offshore Group are in the areas of Market Research, Planning and Communications. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.  He is a 2007 appointee to the U.S. Department of Commerce Border District Export Council.