Steve spent over 12 years as an insurance agent managing his own insurance agency. He began his career in the collision repair industry in 1994 as a Marketing Specialist for a large multi-shop collision repair facility. He later became the operations manager where he oversaw five collision repair shops. With Steve’s help this multi shop organization was recognized as “Body Shop of the Year” by Body Shop Magazine twice in the 90’s. He began his career with Akzo Nobel in March 2005 as an Account Manager in the Indiana market. In January of 2006 he moved into the Services Consultant position working with shops in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Steve’s insurance and body shop management background brings an abundance of knowledge and experience to share with Akzo Nobel customers.