Steve is a trusted reputation management and strategic communications expert specializing in controversy, crisis and other complex public relations challenges. He has advised a wide array of clients including the Colorado Supreme Court, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Alpine Banks, CSG International, Denver International Airport, EAS, Fox News, Lions Club International, Cherry Creek Shopping Mall, Noble Energy, Vail Resorts, Brookfield Properties, many law firms, new ventures, international charities and universities.Steve has held strategic communications titles at the Pentagon, two Fortune 500 companies, with two of the world's largest public relations and public affairs firms, and as founding president of a successful technology PR agency. His corporate communications expertise draws from a significant history with growth companies and new ventures, emerging technology, civil lawsuits and criminal cases, scandal, cyber-crisis, M&A events, reorganizations, development projects, IPOs and issues initiatives.He is a U.S. Army veteran and award-winning military journalist, and served as associate editor at the official Dept. of the Army News Service. He completed a combined journalism and photojournalism major at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications, and also worked as a freelance magazine writer for several years.Steve created SilversJacobson's proven Reputation Asset Management Platform (RAMP), a uniquely pragmatic, real-world approach to defining effective positioning, messaging and communications strategies for any challenging public relations or issues management situation.A 1998 Leadership Denver graduate, Steve served on the board of directors for the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation. He's accredited by PRSA and a frequent expert source on crisis communications for news media around the country.