As a research director in AMR Research’s Value Chain Strategies Service, Steve Hochman brings over 15 years of supply chain and technology implementation expertise to clients. Steve’s insight spans supply- and demand-side topics. His research is particularly focused on trends in supply globalization and tactics for agile supply network response.

Prior to joining AMR Research, Steve directed sales operations for New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. In this role, Steve led a radical worldwide re-design of the company’s supply planning processes, instituting advanced materials, capacity, and freight hedging techniques via the company’s Chinese supply line. Steve also directed administration of $1 billion in U.S. sales orders, managing inventory allocation, available to promise, and perfect order tracking and analysis.

Before New Balance, Steve served as an executive vice president at SupplyChainge, Inc., the software company that pioneered Lead Time Optimization (LTO) supply planning solutions. Steve was responsible for the company’s go-to-market planning and execution, and helped manage its transition from manufacturing services provider to supply planning software enterprise.

Steve was also the co-founder and executive vice-president of Lucy Activewear, Inc., the multi-channel retailer of women’s sports apparel and accessories. Prior to Lucy, Steve was a senior product marketing engineer at Intel Corporation, where he was responsible for new product and new venture development.

Earlier in his career, Steve worked as a senior analyst in the environmental strategy group at Abt Associates, Inc. and as a strategy consultant to Fortune 500 senior executives at Bain & Company.

Steve graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College. He earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.