Steve oversees LMI’s customer support and solutions for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) preparedness and defense; countering weapons of mass destruction (CWMD); and nonproliferation as well as testing and evaluation, technology assessments, rapid capability development, health sciences, and pharmaceutical development.

Steve joined LMI in 2017 from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, where he was a global nuclear security program manager. During his tenure, he was the Department of Defense lead for establishing a nuclear security center of excellence and helped expand nuclear security programs to multiple countries. At LMI, he has supported the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Department of Homeland Security customers, serving the latter as lead systems acquisition manager with responsibility for 22 teams executing a $2.6 billion budget.

A retired naval officer, Steve served on the Joint Staff as the military assistant to the military representative to the NATO Military Committee and previously was U.S. European Command’s (EUCOM’s) liaison officer to NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. In addition, as the EUCOM J6 branch chief, he led development of electromagnetic spectrum and equipment interoperability for U.S. forces in over two dozen NATO countries.

Steve holds a bachelor’s in economics from the U.S. Naval Academy, a master’s in leadership and human resource from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a master’s in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.