Steven Myers is a successful four-time CEO and serial entrepreneur, director of public and private company boards, CEO coach, public speaker, author, and aviator. He has conducted business in a dozen countries in Europe and Asia. He is an Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" for Software and Information Services. He graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Mathematics, is a two-time US Air Force veteran, and a recipient of the California Governor's Special Recognition Award, and the FAA Wright Brothers Award. Read More
Steven founded SM&A, Inc., which grew into a NASDAQ-listed $110 million annual revenue international management consulting firm serving aerospace & defense, aviation, telecommunications, and other high-tech industry clients. After a very successful IPO in 1998, he served as Chairman and CEO for ten years before the company was sold to private equity in 2008. His private equity investment company, Dolphin Capital Holdings, Inc., has interests in a broad array of enterprises.
A nationally recognized thought leader on business competitiveness, Steven is a frequent guest lecturer on entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. He served three terms on the US Department of State Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy. He also served on the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council Task Force on Cyber Resources.
Steven is a highly accomplished aviator, holding an Airline Transport Pilot license with eleven jet type ratings. With more than 6,000 hours of flight time, he received the FAA's highest civilian award in 2020, the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. Read Less
FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN & CEO
Dolphin Capital Holdings, Inc. (DCH)
(2007 – Present)
Steven Myers & Associates, Inc. (SM&A) (Formerly NASDQ: WINS)
(1982 – 2008)
Steven founded SM&A, Inc., which grew into a NASDAQ-listed $110 million international management consulting firm specializing in helping aerospace & defense, aircraft, and telecommunications clients win complex competitive programs, growing to more than 800 employees.
The California Kamchalka Companies (CKC)
(1992 – 1996)
At the end of the Cold War. Steven became the first American since Charles Lindberah in 1931 to pilot an aircraft into the Russian Kamchatka peninsula, forming one of the first post-Soviet era joint ventures to transform the Russian Far East.
SummitJets, Ind
(1992 – 1996)
Steven owned and led a FAA Part 135 charter and jet aircraft management business operating out of John Wayne Airport for 13 years. A Part 135 certified captain in all aircraft managed with an excellent professional reputation with the Long Beach FSDO.
& Advisory Experience
(2005 – Present)
Board of Directors
Chairman, Governance &
Nominating Committee
Former Lead Director
(2005 – 2017)
Board of Directors
Chairman, Governance &
Nominating Committee
(2015 – 2016)
Board of Directors
Chairman, Governance &
Nominating Committee
CEO Coach
& NGO SERVICE
(2009 – 2013)
Committee Member (3 terms)
(2012 – 2013)
Chairman of the Board
CEO Coach
(2008 – 2011)
Founding Regional Co-chairman
OC and Los Angeles
Regional Board of Directors
(2007 – Present)
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chairman, National Security
(2008 – 2009)
Task Force on DoD
Acquisition Reform
Subject Matter Expert
US Air Force
(USAF)
(1972 – 1964-1968)
Officer Training School
Undergraduate Pilot Training
Computer Systems Tech
& Technical Background
LORAL DATA SYSTEMS DIVISION
San Diego, CA | 1981 – 1982
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
WATKINS-JOHNSON COMPANY
Palo Alto, CA | 1974 – 1976
Staff Engineer, Project Manager, Applications Engineer
BALL AEROSPACE SYSTEMS DIVISION
Huntington Beach, CA | 1979 – 1981
Western Development Labs Marketing Director and Assistant General Manager
JET PROPULSION LABORATORIES
Pasadena, CA | 1971 – 1973
Undergraduate Research Student Intern
FAIRCHILD SPACE & ELECTRONICS CO.
Germantown, MD | 1976 – 1979
Proposal Manager, Marketing Manager, Systems Engineer
LITTON DATA SYSTEMS
Van Nuys, CA | 1968 – 1970
Project Electronic Technician