Steven Puma

Current

• Writer at TriplePundit.com
• Blogger at ThePumaBlog.com
• Independent Sustainability Consulltant at ThePumaBlog.com

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Past

• Integrative Venture Plan including Financial Model, Marketing Plan, Strategic Management Plan at Macrocosm - MBA Final Project
• MBA Student/Sustainable Management at Presidio School of Management
• Community Leader for Superstruct, the Global Forecasting Game at Institute for the Future

• Strategic Management Plan/Finance Plan at AngelPoints
• Operations Plan at XtremeHomes, LLC (Presidio student project)
• Business Case Study: Eco-Industrial Park at The Port of San Francisco (Presidio Student Project)
• Contest Participant at Urban Re:Vision
• Integration Engineer at TEKSystems
• Integration Engineer at Contractor through PACE for Kaiser Permanente
• Consultant through Cardinal Systems at Fifth-Third Bank
• Contractor through Black Diamond Networks at Diageo, Inc.
• Contractor through Design Strategy at Credit Suisse First Boston, Inc.
• Contractor through Forsoft, Inc. at Unilever Cosmetics International, Inc.
• Contractor through Design Strategy at Phillip Morris, Inc.
• Contractor through Forsoft, Inc. at Republic Industries, Inc.
• Contractor through Entex at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

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Education

• Presidio School of Management
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

Recommended

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Connections

476 connections

Industry

Renewables & Environment

Websites

• My RSS feed
• My final project presentation
• My Website

Steven Puma’s Summary

I've recently graduated with an MBA in Sustainable Management from the Presidio School of Management, and my interests are in the areas of emerging technology, mass collaboration, strategic planning, sustainable business and Outcome-Driven Innovation (ODI) customer research and product development.

My prior background includes over 10 years of experience in the IT field, focused on automated software deployment and standardized desktops with Microsoft operating systems.

That future that I live into each day is "creating a world that works for everyone, in the shortest possible time."

I have my own blog, thepumablog.com am an occasional contributor to the business and sustainability blog triplepundit.com, where I write about sustainability, technology and the future.

Steven Puma’s Specialties:

Sustainability, Outcome-Driven innovation (ODI), Sustainability frameworks, scenario planning, writing, research, financial models, business planning.

Steven Puma’s Experience

• Writer

  TriplePundit.com

  (Privately Held; Renewables & Environment industry)

  March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

  Part-Time technology and business Blogger for Triple Pundit, one of the world’s most well-read websites on the subject of responsible business, with a fast growing audience of over 100,000 unique readers a month.

• Blogger

  ThePumaBlog.com

  (Online Media industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  My personal blog where I write about sustainability, technology and the future.

• Independent Sustainability Consulltant

  ThePumaBlog.com

  (Renewables & Environment industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

• Integrative Venture Plan including Financial Model, Marketing Plan, Strategic Management Plan

  Macrocosm - MBA Final Project

  (Renewables & Environment industry)

  September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)

  One of only three projects chosen to present at Presidio’s school-wide Venture Showcase
  • Developed a complete, proprietary, new business concept based on original, customer-focused research
  • Utilized Outcome-Driven Innovation (ODI) to develop product features based on customer needs
  • Completed five-year financial projections, competitive analysis and marketing/branding statements

• MBA Student/Sustainable Management

  Presidio School of Management

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2007 — December 2008 (2 years )

  I am an MBA graduate student from the Presidio School of Management in San Francisco, which is a program focused on sustainable business.

• Community Leader for Superstruct, the Global Forecasting Game

  Institute for the Future

  (Non-Profit; Think Tanks industry)

  October 2008 — November 2008 (2 months)

  Superstruct was the world’s first massively multiplayer forecasting game, designed to engage the public in chronicling the world of 2019 and imagining how we might solve the problems we'll face. As a Community Leaqder, I provided scenario support for a single “superthreat” and lead a superthreat community. I moderated and commented on all player-generated content. I reviewed all top-rated player-created content (Stories, forum posts, superstructs) for possible inclusion in the weekly superthreat update and awarded badges to award-worthy players and content. I crafted additional online stories about the superthreat, presenting new “plot” information determined in collaboration with the Scenario Director and wrote six weekly superthreat updates, consistently of a link-rich text incorporating and interpreting the best and most interesting player-created content of the previous week.

• Strategic Management Plan/Finance Plan

  AngelPoints

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 2008 — May 2008 (4 months)

  • Facilitated a sustainability-focused strategic planning process for AP’s new software product
  • Utilized Scenario Planning, SWOT analysis and Blue Ocean strategy analysis
  • Researched and wrote a comprehensive finance plan for the software project.

• Operations Plan

  XtremeHomes, LLC (Presidio student project)

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)

  September 2007 — January 2008 (5 months)

  Integral part of a 3-member team which produced an Operations Plan for a Prefabricated Modular Home Manufacturer specializing in Green Building. Plan focused on the company's custom design-build services. Personal contributions included researching industry data and developing a Demand Forecast, along with Flowcharting current operations for Total Quality Management purposes.

• Business Case Study: Eco-Industrial Park

  The Port of San Francisco (Presidio Student Project)

  (Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Government Administration industry)

  September 2007 — January 2008 (5 months)

  Member of a 6-person team which produced a Business Case Study and Presentation for the Port of San Francisco's Pier 90-94 Backlands Development Project. Personal contributions included conducting research on potential uses for the site as an "Eco-Industrial Park", as well as the documentation of site tours of facilities demonstrating the latest technologies, which resulted in a professionally-produced video that the Port is using to commutate these concepts to its stakeholders.

• Contest Participant

  Urban Re:Vision

  (Renewables & Environment industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• Integration Engineer

  TEKSystems

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 10 months)

  Contractor to Charles Schwab, Inc. Feb. 2006 - Dec. 2006
  
  Contractor to Federal Home Loan Bank of SF January 2005 - Dec. 2005

• Integration Engineer

  Contractor through PACE for Kaiser Permanente

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  January 2004 — December 2004 (1 year )

• Consultant through Cardinal Systems

  Fifth-Third Bank

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Banking industry)

  September 2003 — December 2003 (4 months)

• Contractor through Black Diamond Networks

  Diageo, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Food Production industry)

  November 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 2 months)

• Contractor through Design Strategy

  Credit Suisse First Boston, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Investment Banking industry)

  November 2000 — April 2002 (1 year 6 months)

• Contractor through Forsoft, Inc.

  Unilever Cosmetics International, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Cosmetics industry)

  July 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 6 months)

• Contractor through Design Strategy

  Phillip Morris, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Tobacco industry)

  October 2000 — November 2000 (2 months)

• Contractor through Forsoft, Inc.

  Republic Industries, Inc.

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Retail industry)

  February 1999 — May 1999 (4 months)

• Contractor through Entex

  Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Investment Banking industry)

  May 1998 — February 1999 (10 months)

Steven Puma’s Education

• Presidio School of Management

  MBA , 2006 — 2008

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

  BA , Computer Science , 1984 — 1988

  Activities and Societies:

  Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity

Additional Information

Steven Puma’s Websites:

• My RSS feed
• My final project presentation
• My Website

Steven Puma’s Interests:

I support the Fair Tax Act of 2005 because... The Fair Tax replaces the federal income tax system, which taxes what you earn, with a tax on what you spend. The Fair Tax is a consumption tax: the more you buy, the more you pay in taxes; the less you buy, the less you pay in taxes. So everyone pays fairly when we choose to spend our hard earned money. The Fair Tax: - Allows you to keep your entire pay check - Untaxes the poor with a rebate on the necessities of life - Makes sure everyone pays their fair share - Protects Social Security and Medicare - Stimulates investment, economic growth, and job creation Learn More! Watch this: http://www.flfairtax.net/faqs/fair-tax-faqs/fairtax-video:-it-is-time.html Presentation and then visit http://FairTax.org/ to learn more. For a comprehensive and concise tutorial on the FairTax visit www.FairTax.net/1.htm

Steven Puma’s Groups:

Net Impact, Presidio Green Building Club, Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity (Beta Delta Chapter)

•    Rutgers College Alumni Class of 1988
•    GreenTek
•    Rutgers Alumni
•    Sustainable MBA Network
•    The 4-Hour Academy
•    Entrepreneurial Standards Forum
•    Startup Founders
•    Americans for Fair Taxation (FairTax.Org)
•    Americans for Fair Taxation
•    Sustainability Career Group
•    Business & Ski
•    Association of Certified Green Technology Auditors™
•    Progressive Automotive X PRIZE
•    Bright Green Talent
•    The Climatini Club
•    Rutgers Club of San Francisco
•    Calling All Angels
•    MBA Highway | MBA & Recruiter Network
•    Cleantech News Releases
•    E-Recruitment Group (Post Jobs) (Post Resumes) Concept by Group of Sr. Recruiters
•    Sustainable Industries
•    The Sustainability Pro Bono EXchange (SPBEX)
•    Presidio Graduate School Alumni Network
•    Code Green

Steven Puma’s Honors:

My MBA final project, Macrocosm, was one of only three projects selected to present in front of the entire student body, faculty and staff at the Presidio School of Management Venture Showcase.

Member of winning group, Urban ReVision's Re:Volt design competition (http://www.urbanrevision.com)

Steven Puma’s Contact Settings

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