Founder & President of McKinney Consulting Inc.

Steven B. McKinney is the Founder and President of McKinney Consulting Inc., the leading total solution provider for hiring and maintaining a superior workforce in Korea. Retained Executive Search, HR Consulting, and Management Consulting, for multinationals seeking to hire the best bi-lingual middle management and top executives are McKinney's core areas of excellence. McKinney Consulting covers automotive, consumer & retail, financial services, industrial, life sciences and technology.

Prior to McKinney Consulting, Steve had a distinguished career of more than twelve years in senior global management positions within leading athletic companies Adidas, Converse and Reebok.

Recently, in April 2007, Mr. McKinney was awarded a medal and conferred "Honorary Citizen" by Mr. Oh, Se-hoon, Mayor of Seoul, South Korea.

Steve loves to give back to his host country, and the international business community in Asia, by participating in various organizations in the business community and educational organizations. Over the years he has held leadership roles or participated in The Society For Human Resource Management (SHRM), American Chamber of Commerce-Korea (AMCHAM) Board Member; Korea Foreign Schools Foundation (KFSF) Board Member, Co-Chairman of the Living in Korea Committee (AMCHAM); Co-Chairman of the Education Committee (AMCHAM); International School of Pusan Board Chairman 1991-1994; Placement Council Member, Brigham Young University-Hawaii for Korea; Korea Career Advisor, Goinglobal.com 2002-presently; Consultant, (Employment Advisor) U.S. State Department, Washington D.C. and Korea 2002-2004.

Mr. McKinney is a frequent guest lecturer on hiring and leadership at major universities and other venues. He is also an author of more than fifty articles on various hiring and leadership topics for newspapers, magazines, web sites and McKinney Consulting's monthly newsletter - People. He earned a Bachelors of Arts in Education from Mars Hill College, North Carolina with further MBA studies from the University of Washington. He and his wife, Chong-ok, have 2 sons, Bryan and Justin.