Stephen (Steve) Liguori, and his wife Susan have lived in Darien for 20+ years. Steve was born in Brooklyn, moved to upstate NY and post college lived in Wisconsin, California (2X) and Texas, before settling in Darien. He has a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Southern California. They have three children: a daughter and two grandchildren living in Washington, DC, a son in Chicago and daughter in Oakland, CA. Susan is a Clinical Pastoral Educator, which means she trains and certifies all denominations of religious, to give spiritual care in hospitals, nursing homes, etc. They are both long time members of St. John’s of Darien.
Steve served as GE’s Executive Director – Global Innovation when GE was headquartered in CT. He was instrumental in GE’s then highly regarded Innovation efforts such as the digital “Industrial Internet” transformation. Also, at GE he was a marketing VP in GE Capital.
Prior to GE Steve held senior Advertising, Marketing and Strategy roles at Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and Kraft Foods. He even ran a cookie company for a short time.
Steve is the Founder and CEO of Liguori Innovation, a boutique consulting firm that helps large firms transform their leadership to enable new sources of growth. Steve is also Co-Founder of the Corporate Entrepreneur Community or “CEC” with Eric Ries, best-selling author of The Lean Startup. The CEC is a private peer-to-peer network of large enterprises.
Steve’s distinctions include being named Marketer of the Year, a published article in the Harvard Business Review, and Chairman’s Award winner at both Citigroup and General Electric. And yes, he launched the original Super Bowl Halftime show with none other than Michael Jackson!
