Steve Chesnut

Steve Chesnut is the current CFO at Aptive, a position they have held since July 2020. Prior to that, they were the CFO at CircusTrix from April 2017 to July 2020, and before that they were with IntegraCore from August 2013 to April 2017. Steve has a wealth of experience in overseeing all business development, market development and sales functions within a $1.0 billion business during a time of market turbulence. Steve's responsibilities have included sizing market opportunities, defining market entry / growth approaches, developing organic growth opportunities, developing and deploying a territory sales planning / accountability process, and shedding unproductive assets.

During their time with CircusTrix, Steve defined further expansion into Commercial markets to develop broader market coverage versus heavy reliance on Residential new construction market. Steve also developed and deployed a Territory Sales Planning / Accountability process to drive performance to the sales representative level. The plan included new account acquisition and proprietary brand growth. Under Steve's leadership, sales grew $8 million or 3 points faster than the market during the first 4 months of fiscal 2008.

Before their time with CircusTrix, Steve was with IntegraCore from August 2013 to April 2017. During their time there, they developed the 5-year strategy plan, identified market expansion opportunities, and developed tactical plans to penetrate identified markets.

Steve Chesnut has an MBA in finance and strategic planning from Brigham Young University and a BS in accounting and business management from Southern Utah University.

Steve Chesnut reports to Vess Pearson, CEO & co-Founder.