We’re excited to welcome Steve Lombardi to our team as a Senior Services Engagement Manager! Steve has over 20 years of experience working for Siemens on accounts such as Pratt and Whitney, Collins Aerospace, and Raytheon. During this time, Steve also deployed over 750 global projects, compiled over 200 statement of work documents, and managed over 200 projects.
Q. What inspired you to join the Applied team?
A. I was recommended by a person who has been dealing with Applied, and he stated this was a great company to work for and that I would bring a lot of value to Applied.
Q. What are your areas of expertise?
A. I am experienced in the following areas:
- Project Management
- Budget Adherence
- Best Practices Optimization
- Risk Assessments
- Risk Mitigation
- Siemens Software Expertise
- Implementation Management
- Funding Proposals
- Relationship Building
- Salesforce CRM Software
- Budget Forecasting
- Office Products
- Troubleshooting projects
- Contract negotiations
- Cross-Departmental Alignment
- Content Development
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Budgeting and Allocation
- Strategic Planning
- Staff Management
- Proposal Development
- Product Lifecycle Management
- SharePoint
- Salesforce
- SaaS
Q. What do you do for Applied?
A. I am a Senior Services Engagement Manager. I assist with SOWs, manage projects, support sales, and more.
Q. Tell us about yourself – what’s your background and education?
A. I started my career as a Chef and owned several restaurants with employees totaling 125. I then went back to school and received a degree in Auto Body Design and started as a Co-op at Ford Motor Company, while onsite, Ford put us through an Engineering program taught through Lawerence Tech.
Q. How did you get started in your field? What excited you about it?
A. My father was an Engineer at Ford. I saw that he had weekends off and was able to supply for his family. I was interested in designing things and to have a better understanding of how things work or why they didn’t. I have traveled, lived, and worked all around the world.
Q. Where are you located?
A. Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Q. Where would we find you when you’re not at work?
A. Golfing, hiking, yard work, home improvements, riding my Harley, working out, and taking care of my 94-year-old father.
Q. If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A. Sushi
Q. Tell us three fun facts about yourself.
A. I love to cook, I love animals, and I love the mountains.