While in the Criminology and Criminal Justice program at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, Steve became a statistics teaching assistand, and later, he ran the Drug Use Forcecasting (now ADAM) program inside local jails. Steve would also become the first undergraduate student to hold an internship with the Missouri Department of Capital Litigation. In 1998, Steve moved to Omaha, Nebraska and worked in the claims department at Mutual of Omaha. Gaining an understanding of the claims operations, Steve was asked to assist in a startup known as The Alliance Group, Inc. - a professional employer organization. It was here that Steve cemented his career in risk management and risk control. Steve became responsible for worker’s compensation, human resources and safety for 150 high hazard companies, such as nuculear power plant cleaning companies; ammunition manufacturers; chemical manufacturers; recycling plants and many others.Steve would return to Mutual of Omaha as their Corporate