Steven Huston Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas, United States

Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport

Houston, Texas Area

Central And Western Usa

Managed $104M top line revenue spread across 30 different contracts (including 10 joint ventures and DBE partnerships) at airport locations such as Bush Houston Int., Hobby Airport, LAX Terminal 6, San Francisco Int., Oakland Int., Mineta San Jose Int., Phoenix Sky Harbour Int., Salt Lake Int., Portland Int., and San Antonio Int.• Landed a retail contract at LAX valued at $500K in annual sales and $5K EBITDA. • Developed and implemented standardized JV Partner financial reports and quarterly meetings for WDFG-NA to achieve a more customer focused format; resulted in improved communications with partners.• Provided Regional support, mentorship, and development of an Assistant Controller responsible for Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, and Grand Rapids retail locations, representing $59M in top line revenue.• Developed and implemented a fourth quarter 2015 Regional Budget Challenge that lifted EBITDA $3M above target• Created companywide monthly over time reports for WDFG NA that led to a 25% reduction in overtime expense.• Chaired quarterly meetings for JV partners which include Houston 8 partnership as well as partner meetings in Phoenix, LAX, and Houston Hobby airport.• Served as Project Leader for the development of Cash 360 cash recycler- IAH Bush Houston test site in 2014; achieved $35K in annual savings as the result of the project. • Managed specialty shops and brands that included Mango, Jo Malone, Tom Ford, Desiqual, Clyde Drexler’s, Wall Street Journal, Free People, Icon, and several news stands.

Western Usa

Intercontinental Airport, and Space Center Houston gift stores, totaling $62M in top line revenue.• Merged data from disparate systems into one reporting system and coordinated Western area accounting, including AP/AR, inventory, and systems (PeopleSoft, Micros, and HP3000) with a centralized accounting office.• Managed controls, budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting for Space Center Houston, totaling 6,700 sq. ft. and more than $6M in sales as well as catalog and Internet sales. • Grew gift stores at New Orleans Aquarium to total 4,250 sq. ft. and more than $2M in sales.• Oversaw Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport sub-lease with 27 locations and $26M in sales; retail operations included Hudson News, Lids, The Museum Co., Sunglass Hut, and Wilson’s Leather.• Served as Financial Project Manager and co-designer for SpaceTrader Internet site that produced $23K annual sales.• Managed opening and closing of locations/retail sites, including the reconciliation and closing of a Houston Food & Beverage branch and the opening of a new airport site in Savannah, GA and Houston Airport Merch.• Served as Project Leader to streamlined and automated in-flight billing for Savannah in-flight services. • Functioned as Project Leader to streamline and automate manual sales processing for Space Center branch; named Manager of the Year for this location in 1997.• Created and delivered training workshops/seminars in Financial Training for Operations Management. • Managed retail stores that included Starbucks, TCBY, Simply Books, Burger King, and several full service restaurants.*Career Note: Prior roles include Controller, Food & Beverage for Marriott Corp., Officer Supervisor at Salt Lake International Airport, General Manager for Pioneer Furniture, and Sales & Visual Department Manager for South East Furniture.