Evan Uyetake sits down with SCFM Compression CEO Jay Stephens. Always having an inclination and gift for leadership, Jay was the quarterback of his high school football team and the manager of a grocery store by the time he was 17 years old. After college, he was commissioned as an officer in the combat arms of the U.S. Army, and he commanded the largest Field Artillery training battery at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He authored an all-weather Artillery handbook that was distributed Army-wide, and he ultimately attained the rank of Major.
Jay has maintained a lifelong commitment to growth and development, as well as sharing knowledge through the written and spoken word. He holds a B.S. in Business and Broadcast Journalism, M.A. in Organizational Development, an MBA in Management Information Services, performed graduate work in Biblical Studies, and has received a Juris Doctorate. He has authored over a dozen published articles on topics like leadership, training, sports and religion in several national magazines and journals. He pastored churches in Chicago, Alexandria, Virginia, Warren, Michigan, and Longtown, OK, while giving over 3,000 speeches at lectureships and meetings in over 23 states as a vision caster.
Jay brings tremendous diversity to his role, having held senior leadership positions in the military, banking, corporate, ministry, and non-profit worlds. Jay served as a Vice President and Senior Counsel at JPMorgan Chase, where he led a group of attorneys and senior staffers in negotiating and executing contracts governing over $2 billion in technology spend each year. He left there to move back to Tulsa to take care of aging parents. IN his first role back in his home state, he served as the CEO of the Tulsa area Workforce Investment Board, an agency overseeing 5 career centers and the associated workforce efforts of a 5 county area, where his innovations were described as "revolutionary" by state workforce officials.
Most recently, Jay joined SCFM as the CEO. Jay has a strong commitment to the community and has led SCFM in many outreach projects to strengthen Tulsa. At SCFM, Jay has developed strong banking relationships and at the same time has worked to define and convey the culture of SCFM to all employees and others outside the company; an ongoing effort he continues.
Denzel Washington – “Put God first and Say thank you”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxY_eJLBflk&t=30s
Admiral William H. McRaven - “Make Your Bed Every Day”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7QL6hjeNDA&t=136s
Coach John Wooden – “The difference between winning and succeeding”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MM-psvqiG8
Simon Sinek – “How great leaders inspire action”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4
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