Steven Myers (CEO)
Steven Myers is the founder and former CEO of the large aerospace and defense management consulting firm, Steven Myers & Associates (SM&A). He is also an entrepreneur, international bestselling author [citation needed], and keynote business speaker who is very active in public service efforts. Steven lectures frequently about being an entrepreneur at USC Marshall School of Business where he speaks about topics such as business competition [citation needed].
Steven Myers currently serves in multiple board leadership roles [citation needed] and was on the U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Economic policy, which advised then Secretary of State John Kerry. Steve also served as the Chairman of the National Security Membership Committee and was on the board of directors for the Pacific Council on International Policy. Steven is the former Chairman of the Orange County Homeland Security Advisory Council and currently serves on the board of the publicly listed company Caladrius.
An Airline Transport Pilot, Steven has more than 6,200 hours of flight time and twelve jet type ratings [citation needed]. Between 1994 and 2007, his jet management business operated charter flights worldwide [citation needed]. Steve's private equity investment company, Dolphin Capital Holdings, invests in companies with business strategies such as applied materials development, stem-cell therapeutics and distressed debt portfolio management [citation needed]. Steve's article on stem-cell research and the Catholic Church appeared in Forbes on January 23, 2012.
Steven Myer's Company SM&A[edit]
In 1982, Steve founded the Aerospace & Defense management consulting firm Steven Myers & Associates, (SM&A). He served as the CEO and chairman for the competition management service provider until 2007. SM&A was sold to Odyssey Investment partners in 2008 [citation needed].
First American to Fly into the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula[edit]
In 1992, Steven Myers became the first American pilot to fly into the Kamchatka Peninsula, located in Far Eastern Russia [citation needed]. Steve's role helped to create a union between the United States and the governor of Kamchatka in one of the first successful Russian-American ventures [citation needed]. His involvement helped create a refueling base for carriers with international cargo near the city of Petropavlovsk and introduced entrepreneurship into post-Soviet Russia [citation needed].
As a result of Steven's international efforts, he was invited to give expert testimony before the U.S. Committee on Government Operations about how to best conduct international business in Russia [citation needed].
Cross Winds: Adventure and Entrepreneurship in the Russian Far East[edit]
In 2020, Steve published a hardcover book about his entrepreneurial enterprise and aviation adventure into a remote part of Russia just after the Cold War, where he started up a joint Russian-American business venture.