Stephen has over 25 years of human resource management experience in a variety of industries including consumer goods, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, human services, retail, higher education and high technology.
Stephen has developed and implemented human resource strategies for organizations in the midst of change and dealt with rapid growth, downsizing, mergers and acquisitions, union avoidance and labor negotiations. He has developed a reputation as a creative, results-oriented negotiator in the labor relations arena.
Stephen was Vice President for Human Resources and Public Relations at Landmark Medical Center, a multi-site acute care medical center in Rhode Island. He spent 10 years in that role where he was instrumental in merging the human resource structures, systems and cultures of two independent hospitals to form Landmark. He also held senior human resource management positions at the A.T. Cross Company, American Tourister, Inc. and the University of Rhode Island.
For over 15 years, Stephen has served as an Instructor at Bryant University where he has taught numerous management and human resource courses. He currently teaches HR Management and the Law at Bryant, is an instructor at the Community College of Rhode Island and has conducted courses at Roger Williams University.
Stephen received a BS in Management from Northeastern University where he was the recipient of a Co-Operative Education award for his work with the General Electric Company. He is a member of the Northeast Human Resources Association where he has served on the Board of Directors and is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management. Stephen is also on the Board of Directors for Aids Care Ocean State and has served on the M Squared Advisory Board and the Board of the Community College of Rhode Island Foundation.