Steve Havas

Board Member

2024 - Current

Chief Operating Officer

2022

Chief guide

2022

ex-Entrepreneur, now Advisor. Insanely passionate about helping start-ups (and a few NGOs) drive meaningful impact while achieving their full commercial potential. Executive coaching, GTM strategies, long range planning, strategic partnerships, fitting operations to direction, organization building, aligning teams (and boards, investors), scaling, ESG and non-profit expert.

Vice President, Digital Identity

2021 - 2022

Chief Executive Officer

2019 - 2021

Everything is getting connected, and it matters how you connect it all. Evernym powers trusted connections by providing software built on top of decentralized identity networks to people, organizations, and their things. Evernym has created and launched Sovrin (the world’s first network dedicated to Self-Sovereign Identity), pioneered identity standards being adopted globally, and is leading the charge towards a world where we can all interact digitally in a more secure, private, and respectful manner.

Chief Operating Officer

2016 - 2019

Directly led all G&A functions and Customer Success organization as well as strategic and operational planning for company that virtually invented the self sovereign identity industry

Chief Operating Officer

2015 - 2016

Building a global web-of-trust network where all data is member-controlled, all communications are protected by end-to-end encryption, and all members agree to respect each other’s privacy through a mutual trust framework. The result is a platform for apps and services that enable people and businesses to share sensitive private messages and data such as medical records, financial records, and family records

Principal

2009 - 2016

Spur Consulting is an independent consultancy helping startup enterprises scale while retaining the essence and nimbleness of a smaller organization. Focus on GTM strategies, scaling, funding, scaling, and partnerships.

Partner

2013 - 2016

Altruist helps non-profits transform into powerful social enterprises. We work side-by-side with non-profits and partner with funders to embed program, management, governance, and revenue best practices. Results are clear and consistent: sustained and often dramatic growth in revenue and impact.

Director, Business Systems

1995 - 2008

Joined Starbucks when there were 300 stores and left when their were 22,000+ stores. Supported that growth by driving strategic change across multiple global business units where new significant new operating capabilities and/or scale were needed. Especially focused on the use of technology for competitive advantage in Store Development, Finance, Customer Service, and B2B sales units, and created Starbucks first online business unit.

Vice President, Business engineering and design

1993 - 1995

Led process improvement organization focused on broad based change efforts driving business effectiveness in Seafirst Bank, a Bank of America subsidiary in Washington. Included significant initiatives in check processing, Mortgage sales and services, and Commericial Real Estate lending resulting in several million dollars in annual savings. Managed IT administration including planning, portfolio management and budgeting.

Systems Manager

1991 - 1993

Led application development team supporting all commerical and consumer electronic banking applications.