CAREER / JOURNEY
The path is cumulative.
A selected timeline showing how markets, commercial leadership, enterprise technology, participation systems and AI became connected chapters in one career.
SELECTED MILESTONES
Where a public source provides additional context, it is linked. Role dates and role titles from the privately reviewed résumé are presented selectively; the résumé itself is not published.
- 1998–2001
Sales Manager · Rock Consulting Financial Services
A Prague-based early finance and international-business chapter that built experience in financial sales, client education, markets and cross-border relationship development.
Career record · privately reviewed résumé - 2001–2005
Director of International Sales · Rock Consulting Financial Services
The international-sales role extended the markets foundation through global client acquisition, commodities, currencies, alternative investments and risk/return conversations.
Career record · privately reviewed résumé - 2005–2008
Director of International Sales · Hemisphere Global Asset Management
A Miami-based asset-management and private-client chapter focused on international sales, investor relationships and financial-markets communication.
Career record · privately reviewed résumé - 2008–2011
Director of Sales · Truman Foreclosure Assistance
A high-volume commercial-operations chapter focused on recruiting, training and managing an outside-sales organization while building repeatable field-management and sales systems.
Career record · privately reviewed résumé - 2011–2015
Manager of Business Development — Americas · Panaya
An enterprise SaaS chapter centered on helping SAP and Oracle customers navigate upgrade, testing and maintenance risk through cloud-based analysis and automation.
View source - 2015–2016
Director of International Sales · VATBox
An international finance-technology sales role focused on explaining automated foreign-VAT recovery, risk reduction and process visibility to multinational business audiences.
View source - 2016–2019
Director & Co-Founder · NGAGE SPORTEK
A co-founding chapter that moved the gamified-engagement thesis into live sports testing, fan intelligence and participation-driven product work.
Career record · privately reviewed résumé - 2021–present / prior venture
Co-Founder & CEO · XMANNA Software Technologies
Public professional and partner materials identify Steve Stein as XMANNA’s co-founder and CEO. Its foundation is sports, loyalty, gaming, rewards and participation.
View source - 2021
Inter Miami CF partnership
XMANNA’s official, multi-year partnership with Inter Miami CF becomes a public milestone in sports technology and digital fan engagement.
View source - 2022
Nasdaq contributor
Nasdaq publishes “Can the Metaverse Do More for Live Sports?” by Steve Stein, CEO at XMANNA.
View source - 2023–present
Founder & CEO · AI Creates AI / Eve OS
The current focus is AI Creates AI and Eve—an agentic operating-system thesis for business building and operations.
View source - 2026
Raphael engagement
Raphael Pharmaceutical’s filed agreement names AIcreatesAI for a 12-month managed AI transformation and growth engagement.
View source
THE LATER VISUAL ARCHIVE
The participation chapter, in motion.
Real historical product footage makes the transition from commercial systems to interactive experiences visible without overstating what was launched.
