Steve brings more than 25 years of research experience to Great Lakes Clinical Trials. He began his career as a bench researcher at the Northwestern University Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center and since that time has held senior management positions at the Chicago Center for Clinical Research, Radiant Research, Cognitive Drug Research and Forenap Pharma. Just prior to opening Great Lakes Clinical Trials, Steve served as the Senior Vice President at the Thievon-Wright Consulting Group (TWCG), where he specialized in the design, implementation, and management of central nervous system and clinical pharmacology research programs. In that role, he worked exclusively with 12 clinical pharmacology sites and 22 late phase research clinics across the U.S., which focused in the conduct of complex psychiatric and neurologic trials.

Steve offers a diverse and thorough knowledge of clinical trial operations, which has been presented at over 20 industry conferences. He holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in Molecular Biology and in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an Executive MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.