For more than 20 years, Stephen has developed award-winning communications campaigns for a number of well-known brands representing a range of industries, from fishing and financial services to industrial equipment and medical tech devices. He has launched start-ups, ignited brand awareness for Fortune 500 companies, and handled corporate communication matters involving mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, turnarounds and crisis situations (identity theft, bomb threats, regulatory investigations, etc.).
Prior to joining Pocket Hercules, Stephen served as head of communications for GMAC ResCap, the mortgage division of GMAC Financial Services, overseeing communications for the division and its operating units, including GMAC Mortgage, Ditech, GMAC Bank and GMAC Real Estate. He served as partner/director of media relations for Carmichael Lynch Spong Public Relations, where he launched the firm's media relations practice, and as director of marketing for Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, a leading, Minneapolis-based corporate law firm.
An accredited PR professional, Stephen served as the 2001 president of the PRSA Minnesota and his work has been honored with three Silver Anvil awards, the highest award in the PR industry.