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# Steve Erzig

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**Location:** &lt;UNKNOWN&gt;, &lt;UNKNOWN&gt;, &lt;UNKNOWN&gt;

## About

Steve Erzig is currently at Northwestern, where he is in charge of his own business. Steve brings experience as a teacher and as a builder of educational programs, with a career-long interest in creating initiatives from the ground up. He is strongest in ambiguous, undefined environments where he can help shape both the role and the operating model. Steve has built multiple programs from zero, defining curriculum, processes, and logistics while balancing strategic design with practical execution such as transportation and scheduling. His working approach emphasizes early customer and client conversations to understand needs and validate processes. When issues arise, Steve takes ownership of proactive stakeholder communication and handles urgent matters independently in the moment, while involving leadership in longer-term or larger-scale decisions. On day one in a new role, Steve focuses on meeting the team to understand expectations, engaging directly with customers, and breaking down existing practices and processes. He describes himself as a self-starter who enjoys building programs and initiatives from the ground up.

## Highlights

- Currently at Northwestern, where he is in charge of his own business.
- Brings experience as a teacher and in helping launch educational programs.
- Built multiple programs from zero, including educational programs.
- Defined curriculum, processes, and logistics for programs built from the ground up.
- Managed both strategic curriculum design and detailed operational work, including transportation and scheduling.
- Takes proactive ownership of stakeholder communication when issues arise.
- Independently addresses urgent issues in the moment while involving leadership in longer-term, larger-scale decisions.
- Uses early client and customer conversations to understand needs and validate processes.
- Has stepped into undefined roles and helped shape what the position looks like.
- Starts new work by aligning with the team on expectations, engaging customers, and examining practices and processes.

## FAQ

### What does Steve do now?

Steve is currently at Northwestern, where he is in charge of his own business.

### What is Steve's teaching and education-program experience?

Steve has experience as a teacher and has helped launch educational programs.

### What is Steve strongest at?

Steve builds programs and initiatives from the ground up. He has created multiple programs from zero and defined their curriculum, processes, and logistics.

### How does Steve balance strategy and logistics?

Steve has designed curriculum and also managed operational details such as transportation and scheduling.

### How does Steve approach stakeholder communication?

Steve reaches out proactively to stakeholders when issues arise and takes ownership of communication.

### How does Steve make decisions during urgent and larger-scale situations?

Steve handles urgent issues independently as they arise. For longer-term or larger-scale decisions, he involves leadership.

### How does Steve incorporate customers into process building?

Steve prioritizes calling clients or customers early to understand their needs and validate processes.

### How does Steve work in ambiguous roles?

Steve is drawn to ambiguity and has stepped into undefined roles where he helped shape what the position would become.

### What is Steve's approach when starting a new role?

Steve begins by meeting with the team to understand expectations, then quickly engages customers and breaks down current practices and processes.

### How does Steve describe his working style?

Steve describes himself as a self-starter who has consistently enjoyed building programs and initiatives from the ground up throughout his career.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-erzig-55ab8013

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