Steven Ray

Steven Ray has over 40 years of experience in sales, with a current position as Senior Sales Manager at UPM since July 1999, overseeing major magazine and B2B publishers, cataloguers, and commercial printers in North America. Prior to UPM, Steven served as Sales Manager in the Magazine Division, focusing on uncoated groundwood and coated paper sales. Previous roles include Regional Sales Manager at Mead Coated Papers, where responsibilities included sales to major North American printers; Regional Sales Representative at Boise Cascade, handling national printers and distribution customers; Regional Sales Manager at Rehrig-Pacific Company, managing sales of plastic packaging; and National Sales Manager at Advance Lifts, Inc., overseeing sales of electro-hydraulic lifting equipment nationwide. Steven holds a Bachelor's degree in Specialized Sales, Merchandising, and Marketing Operations from Northern Illinois University.