
Steve spent more than two decades inside the industry's largest full-service brokerages — starting at Cushman & Wakefield, later a Senior Vice President at CBRE — representing tenants at firms whose largest revenue streams came from the landlords across the table. He watched that structural conflict shape outcomes in ways most tenants never see.
Maris Advisors was founded on a simple correction: represent tenants only, ever. No landlord listings, no leasing assignments, no divided loyalty.
The analytical tools on this site aren't a novelty — they're the latest chapter in a habit that has defined Steve's career.
Steve is also the inventor of the TrekDesk Treadmill Desk, a national workplace-health innovation featured on CNN, NBC, and NPR, named an office innovation by Forbes and a Top Product of the Year by Scientific American, with research partnerships spanning ASU, UCLA, LSU, and the American College of Sports Medicine. A proven entrepreneur, he built and scaled two internet-based companies to seven-figure exits, personally engineering both the back-end operations and their web presences.
Closer to home, he founded the Phoenix Lacrosse Club and has served with Valley Big Brothers — the same commitment behind Maris Advisors' pledge to donate a minimum of 30% of net fees to the charity of each client's choice.
No hand-offs, no junior teams — every Maris Advisors engagement is led by Steve personally.
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