After spending over 20
years in marketing and
strategic planning with
major multi-billion
dollar corporations,
Steve took a leap of
faith and quit his job.
“It was time to
determine what I wanted
to do with my life when
I grow up.” During that
“down time” he answered
that question and wrote
the book, The Seven
Stages of Successful
Unemployment…From Hell
to Hallelujah!
With that leap he
created Zipkoff
Solutions, a unique
problem-solving,
innovative,
results-oriented,
management education
company with a mission
to “inspire our clients
to discover, cultivate
and capitalize on new
capabilities for
delighting customers and
maximizing returns.”
Steve has since
transformed into a
highly successful
speaker. His energetic
presentations combine
the power of an
inspirational motivator,
the skill of a sage
story-teller, the timing
of a stand-up comic and
the knowledge of a
seasoned business
professional creating
presentations that have
an immediate impact on
all audiences.
Steve’s “no-box”
thinking approach has
lead to the following
accomplishments:
·
Creation of the Sears
Die-Hard battery
national marketing
introduction
·
Development of the “We
Do Chicken Right”
marketing strategy for
KFC
·
Creating the “Value
Menu” while at Taco Bell
·
Leading One-and-Only.com,
one of the first
Internet dating
services, to increased
revenue & profitability
resulting in its
outright purchase to
Match.com for over $40
million.
Steve has been a regular
guest on Good Morning
Texas, has been featured
in The Wall Street
Journal, The
Dallas Morning News,
The Dallas Business
Journal and has had
numerous radio
interviews on his book.
He is a featured keynote
speaker at a wide
variety of association
conventions and
conferences and has
presented his
“Delivering Customer
Delight” program to
hundreds of businesses
and thousands of
employees. He has also
won the prestigious
Teaching Excellence
Award at SMU thirteen
times.
He discusses his “Seven
Stages of Successful
Unemployment” and his
“life lessons” at a wide
variety of transition
events to assist the
unemployed to move
forward, faster to
achieve the success they
deserve.
Zip Speaks
