Steve Maher

President, Business Development & Program Mgt

Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States

About

Highly creative Sr. leader of sales & business development, product / marketing , marketing procurement, and entrepreneur that is passionate about working with and leading cross functional teams to find new and innovative ways to provide creative solutions and solve problems. A skilled technical sales type who collaborates with executive leadership & key stakeholders to transform products, procedures and promotional marketing solutions that support marketing strategy and engagement. Lessons learned as entrepreneur, leading start-ups, navigating mid-market transformational change and operating within fortune 500 matrix organizations. Extensive Experience in: 🔴Business development & Account Management 🔴Product management 🔴Project management 🔴Product brand & marketing strategy 🔴New product development(NPD) & launches 🔴Printing & consumer packaging sourcing(CPG) 🔴Direct mail services 🔴Branded promotional merchandise 🔴Digital marketing services, social media & SEO 🔴Experiential event branding and engagement 🔴Marketing automation 🔴Website development 🔴Trade show marketing 🔴Innovator to new technology-Iot, Internet of Things, VR Virtual Reality, AR Augmented Reality,AI CAREER HIGHLIGHTS ⚫Over 15 years of managing accounts, products and marketing programs to support business development & marketing supply chain initiatives. ⚫Led, coached and supported cross functional and collaborative teams of 5 to 50. ⚫Led business development and product/project management for 5 companies through rapid growth phases including start-up, hyper growth and transformational change. ⚫Over 15 years of selling, purchasing and managing branded event assets, commercial & digital printing, CPG packaging, direct mailing services, point of sale(POS), promotional products, branded apparel, portal stores and fulfillment. ⚫Developed integrated marketing programs to drive engagement and inbound outbound lead generation. ⚫Started a marketing services sourcing company supporting 50 b2b and b2c accounts including fortune 500 companies & experiential event agencies managing 150-200 annual projects.

Experience

  • VP Marketing Services Solutions at VISOgraphic
    Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

    Brand Marketing Services Solutions -Offset-Digital-Web Printing, Packaging, Web Store Portals for Print & Marketing Mgt , Advanced Direct Mailing, Promotional Produts & Kitting, Branded Apparel, Fulfillment & Warehousing

  • President-Printing, Packaging & Branded Promotional Marketing Services at Chicago Stream Media
    Mar 2013 - Present · 13 yrs 4 mos

    Chicago Stream Media(CSM) is custom printing, packaging and branded promotional products company. CSM serves as an extension of marketing resources to help healthcare, manufacturing, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, agencies, b2b and b2c clients promote their brands, launch new products, improve business communication and drive engagement. With expertise in product marketing and strategy, CSM helps differentiate products, services and presentation. With expertise in project management, CSM reduces lead-times and solve problems to meet delivery needs for product launches, trade shows, events, client presentation meetings, direct mail and digital campaigns.

  • Business Development -Covid Program at Grayson Corporation
    Feb 2020 - Dec 2023 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    Grayson Corporation is a Healthcare product manufacture and distribution company offering range of OTC products/solutions focused on healthcare. Grayson brands innovate every day, relying on extensive research and clinical science to bring you innovative at-home healthcare products. Grayson's PPE division manufactures and distributes medical testing device solutions connecting strategic supply chains for Covid 19 OTC and POC rapid lateral flow Antigen tests, POC Antibody products and PCR Saliva and nasal / oral swab collection testing solutions with high complexity CLIA lab programs.

  • Business Developement-Covid Program at GoPath Laboratories
    Jan 2020 - Dec 2023 · 4 yrs

    GoPath Laboratories is a state-of-the-art CAP-accredited, CLIA-certified molecular diagnostic laboratory providing anatomic pathology, hematopathology, and hereditary cancer testing for clinicians, hospital systems, and pharmaceutical firms. *Built Covid-19 testing and fulfillment programs for PCR swab and saliva in addition to rapid antigen testing for POC and OTC requirements. * Chicago laboratory incorporates the latest technologies into our testing platforms including next-generation sequencing, cytogenetics, FISH, IHC, microarray analysis, and ddPCR. *Specialized in cancer diagnostics through testing solid tumor and liquid biopsy analysis to detect and monitor a cancer’s genetic mutations. *Offered a wide-range of hereditary cancer testing through our GeneticsNowTM platform including BRCANow® for familial breast, ovarian and prostate cancer and LynchNowTM for Lynch syndrome.

  • Business Development & Account Management -Product Marketing Services at npn360
    Jan 2004 - Feb 2013 · 9 yrs 2 mos

    NPN360 is an integrated marketing services and marketing technology company . Specializing in project marketing procurement and account management of printing, packaging, labels and branded promotional product merchandise. NPN360 is an extension of client marketing providing sophisticated portal stores and vendor managed inventory(VMI) and fulfillment to drive cost savings across the direct and indirect marketing procurement supply chain. Providing commercial printing, cpg packaging, branded promotional products, direct mail and online portal print management, SaaS integrated marketing & portal marketing automation technologies streamlined through its accredited low cost production and fulfillment network. NPN360 helps control brands, support direct marketing execution, optimize brand supply chain and lower direct and indirect procurement costs. Working as an extension of client's purchasing and marketing teams, performing project management of 1000s projects annually to support company and event initiatives.