 STEPHEN P. MACIAS
EMPLOYMENT
Pivot Manufacturing 2000-Present
· President and majority owner of Pivot Manufacturing, an SBA certified HUBZone and Hispanic-owned contract manufacturing company with a focus on machining & assembly.
· Turned company around during manufacturing downturn and have increased sales by over 200% during last two years. When Pivot was acquired in 2000, company had only one major customer, now have 12 Fortune 500 customers.
· Negotiated with General Dynamics C4 Systems in Scottsdale to partner with Pivot in Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé program.
· 2003-2004 nominee for Nunn-Perry Dept. of Defense award. Annual award is given nationally to businesses that have best expanded their capabilities over previous year.
· Pivot named “Small Business Manufacturer of the Year” for 2004 in Arizona by Minority Business Development Agency.
Abbott Laboratories 1989-1999
· Territory manager, California & Arizona. Developed and implemented sales and marketing plans to expand use of nutritional products throughout hospitals and long term care facilities.
ACTIVITIES
Business
· Governor’s Council on Small Business
· Co-Chair Supply Chain/Buy Arizona Committee Recently appointed to 3-year term on council
· Arizona Association of Industries (AAI)
· Board Member New board is focused on promoting manufacturing at both the state and congressional level in order to improve the sector in Arizona.
· Congressman Ed Pastor
· Work with Congressman Ed Pastor to promote manufacturing in South Phoenix and Arizona as a whole. Have worked in conjunction with him to get contractors to subcontract out to Arizona-based businesses.
· Congressman JD Hayworth
· Participated in several small business roundtables designed to explore ways to encourage small business utilization by larger Arizona corporations through the use of tax credits and other mechanisms.
· Various
· Have also worked with staff from the Senate Committee on Small Business and the Minority Business Development Agency in Washington DC. Issues ranged from cost of healthcare to contract bundling.
Community
· Asst. Coach, Pop Warner Football 2003-2004
· Asst. Coach, Little League 2002-2004
· Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
EDUCATION
· Masters, Business Administration. Arizona State University, 1996
· Bachelor of Science, Sociology. Arizona State University, 1987 |
