Jay Stephens Email & Phone Number

As the CEO and a principal of the company, I am responsible for the culture, strategy, people and processes that provide an environment conducive to our core competence: engineering creative solutions to address gas compression and treatment challenges. We have served clients in natural gas, enhanced oil recovery, landfill gas and other refinery/petrochemical applications.o Our culture and our core competencies allow us to provide a holistic approach to solutions for our clients in a way that the industry typically doesn't provide.

Provided individual coaching and counseling, strategic planning, marketing, workforce development and legal consulting services. Author and Public Speaker on a variety of topics, including military, religious, corporate, and sports - especially horse racing. Assisted non-profits including churches, chambers of commerce and charities on a variety of projects.

Responsible for the leadership and oversight of the regional workforce development system, including the operation of five career centers, and the performance of state and local system partners. Formulated and promulgated workforce and economic development policy in a four-county area. Convened workforce and economic development partners to address regional challenges. Implemented a best practices organizational model.o Identified and corrected severe ethical, financial, performance and morale issues throughout the organization. o Corrected over $650,000.00 in penalties assessed against the previous administration; Recovered over $100k of misallocated salary funds; o Revolutionized services throughout the state of Oklahoma by leading the Tulsa organization to become the first in the state to hire a national firm to be the primary workforce services provider.o Led organization through first true strategic planning process with goals and measurable objectives; re-engineered the organization’s management reporting.

New York, Ny, Us

Member of the core management team implementing complex banking, payments processing, image archive and cash services technologies across the enterprise ($500+mm technology projects) for the second largest financial institution in the United States. • Created the Vendor Management program, built the team, developed scorecards for vendor performance, and redesigned the contracting and invoicing process for the Centralized Transaction Operations Group.• Improved vendor performance an average of 14% for five key vendors at processing sites across the country through detailed scorecards and improved feedback.• Created and managed the technology sourcing group responsible for acquiring $2.5 billion annually in hardware, software and services.• Achieved documented savings of $100mm during my 28 month tenure in this position.

Monroe, La, Us

Recruited to advise the Internet and Human Resource groups on software, hardware and service acquisitions and implementations. Oversaw the architecture and implementation of a web-based, real-time organizational directory and organizational charting function and the transition to the PeopleSoft HR platform.• Inaugural recipient of the Qwest Corporate Peak Performance Award for leadership.

Recruited to lead the business development and operational efforts of an air quality, biotech and environmental services start-up operating in Colorado and Utah. Chief spokesperson to clients and vendors. P&L responsibility for a multi-million dollar budget.• Developed a customer-driven company by creating a comprehensive environmental product line to address market needs and helped to increase annual revenues by ten-fold. • Negotiated exclusive distribution agreements with Honeywell, Home Depot and American Sensors.

Served as a leader and senior minister for three local, non-denominational congregations (Michigan, Virginia, Illinois) and as a Vision-caster on the national level. Delivered over 3,000 speeches to audiences in over forty locations in sixteen states on a variety of topics.• Achieved an average growth rate at each local organization of 225% through teaching, coaching, relationship building, marketing, and advertising. • Led the Chicago metropolitan area efforts in the largest and most ambitious direct mailing campaign ever conducted by any organization to that date in the United States – 250 million residential mailings.• Led 3 church plants (Colorado and Oklahoma).

Recruited to build, develop and maintain key technology vendor relationships for Covia, which owned the world's largest privately held network at the time. Negotiated, drafted and modified and executed complex technology agreements with companies such as AT&T, MCI, IBM, Bell South, Bell Atlantic, Ameritech, and Pacific Bell.

Chicago, Il, Us

Recruited to build, develop and maintain key technology vendor relationships with companies such as AT&T, MCI, IBM, Bell South, Bell Atlantic, Ameritech, and Pacific Bell. Negotiated, drafted and modified complex technology agreements.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Positions of increasing responsibility involving operations, logistics, maintenance, administration, and training. Leadership responsibilities for operations and training units. Organizational Development training and implementation experience at two military posts for the Commanding General. Multi-million dollar P&L responsibility. Attained rank of Major before returning to civilian leadership positions.• Appointed to command the largest company-sized (356 personnel) organization at Fort Sill, OK. • Advisor / Consultant to the Commanding General of a 20,000 person military base on organizational development and personnel issues. Used contemporary, state-of-the-art behavioral and management science technologies to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of organizations at a large Army installation. Ft. Sill was twice recognized as the Army's Model Installation during my tenure.

My high school and college job. Earned spending money and developed customer service skills and a great work ethic. Worked my way through the ranks: bagging groceries, cleaning the store, stocking the shelves, and operating the cash register. Became an assistant manager by 17 years old, scheduling work hours / shifts for employees, training new hires in various aspects of the grocery business, and ordering frozen foods, grocery items and dairy items.

Jd, Law

Mba, Management Information Systems

Graduate Level Studies, Ministry

Bachelor Of Science

Bs, Business And Broadcast Journalism

Business

Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies