ABL Info: Steve Hams |
Steve Hams is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of the American Basketball League. He launched the effort to establish the world's premier women's professional league in late 1994. It resulted from his lifelong enthusiasm for sports, his involvement with his oldest daughter's developing basketball career, and his business leadership experience. Prior to founding the ABL, Hams had 14 years of increasingly responsible management and executive experience with high technology companies in Northern California's Silicon Valley, including the Hewlett-Packard Corporation (1980-92) and General Magic (1992-95). His principal areas of expertise include staffing, compensation, executive leadership, employee education, and team and organizational design and development. Hams received his Masters of Business Administration from Michigan in 1980, graduating magna cum laude. Prior to business school, he spent six years as a teacher and assistant administrator for the Albany Unified School District in Albany, Calif. Active in community affairs, Hams served from 1989-92 as the first Chairman of the Board for the Friends of the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, which raised funds and developed community support for the CPA during its construction and early operational stages. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Hams lives with his wife, Denise, and their three daughters, Lauren, Brett, and Taylor.
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