Pacesetter Steel Service Inc. announced its first CEO transition on the 37th anniversary of the company’s founding. In a ceremony in front of team members, customers and business partners on September 16th, the company announced that Aviva Leebow, 30, is succeeding Founder Steve Leebow as the company’s Chief Executive Officer.
“I am honored to have the opportunity to lead, team and partner with so many great people to take our company into the future. The ‘Pacesetter Experience’ is not just for our associates. It is what our families, our friends, and our customer and supplier partners share with us everyday. It is the energy you feel as you walk in our front door. We strive to be the best, unsurpassed in service to our customers, quality of product, and the value we create for our partners,” said Leebow.
Leebow’s ability to innovate and transform a legacy company was what encouraged former Pacesetter CEO, Steve Leebow, to choose his daughter to take the reins. “Aviva has the people and leadership skills, the know-how and the technological expertise to transform our company for the future,” said Steve Leebow, who will remain with Pacesetter indefinitely as its Chief Operating Officer. Pacesetter will continue to operate under the same values that have guided our company since 1977.
Aviva Leebow began her career with Pacesetter Steel Service after graduating from the University of Baltimore Law School in 2010. In her former role as Executive Vice President, she developed and lead business growth strategies. The company’s top assets – its people – remain #1 in Leebow’s tenure. “Our company was founded with a people-centric focus and will forever center on people,” she added. Leebow’s primary focus is on the future, she also stated “We must be the innovators and innovate we will do. The future is ours to shape and create. It is what we imagine and innovate. If we can imagine it and envision that it can exist, then we can create it. And we at Pacesetter will.”
