Norman Steisel

In New York City, from December 1986 to December 1989, Norman Steisel was Senior Vice President (SVP) of Lazard Freres & Co. Mr. Steisel served as an advisor to many United States counties and municipalities and to several of the world’s top air pollution control, water treatment, hazardous waste remediation, and waste disposal businesses.

Mr. Steisel provided the above mentioned firms assistance with merger and acquisition (M&A) activities, recapitalizations, as well as debt issuance. Overall, while at Lazard Freres & Co., he was responsible for coordinating the firm’s corporate and municipal environmental financing for more than $2.0 billion of client needs.

From January 1988 to December 1990, Norman Steisel was NYC School Construction Authority Chairman. The School Construction Authority (SCA) is the independent New York State authority responsible for the design, construction, modernization, and rehabilitation of public schools in New York City. Mr. Steisel was the SCA’s first Chairman; he served pro bono.

As Chairman, Norman Steisel oversaw the SCA’s founding. He established the budget, directed implementation of project management and cost-accounting controls and information-monitoring systems, recruited top agency executives, and developed staffing patterns. Additionally, he directed development of architectural and construction-contract preparation, bid, and award procedures. $1B dollars of construction activity was taking place within the first year.

From January 1990 to December 1993, Norman Steisel was First Deputy Mayor of New York City. As Chief Executive Officer for New York City government, he was accountable for the day-to-day oversight of all operations of the government. Moreover, he was responsible for the management of a 30-billion dollar annual operating budget and a four-year $20B capital program.

Additionally, Mr. Steisel managed New York City’s emergency-response activities. This included the coordinated response to the 1993 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. He additionally oversaw the development and implementation of the Safe Streets program, a significant expansion of the criminal justice system and police force that resulted in a fifteen percent reduction in major crimes.

In addition, he directed the creation of a new agency to provide housing and services to the homeless.

From January 2003 to July 2008, Norman Steisel was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX). An essential member of the PHLX strategic management team, Mr. Steisel was accountable for supervising the day-to-day operations by way of which the Exchange’s initiatives and strategic plans were carried out.

The design of the strategic plan was to extract value via leveraging regulatory licenses, enhancing technology assets, and offering unique trading products and modalities. The Exchange was eventually sold to NASDAQ OMX. Mr. Steisel coordinated the PHLX’s involvement in integration activities and transition planning with NASDAQ OMX.

In January of 1994, Norman Steisel founded environmental consulting company EnEssCo Strategies in the Greater New York, New York area. He was president of EnEssCo from January 1994 to December 2002. During his 9-year leadership, the Company provided management and consulting services to senior-level executives undertaking operational, strategic, and also financial-transition activities in government-regulated industries.

EnEssCo Strategies offers financial consulting, strategic, and business development and marketing services. It offers these services to firms engaged in the provision of environmental goods and services. This includes alternative clean energy technologies and production, waste handling and disposal, and water supply and wastewater treatment. EnEssCo’s goal is to take advantage of developing green businesses opportunities.

In New York, New York, from December 1986 to December 1989, Norman Steisel was Senior Vice President (SVP) of Lazard Freres & Co. He served as an advisor to several United States municipalities and counties and to a number of the world’s top air pollution control, water treatment, hazardous waste remediation, and waste disposal businesses.

Mr. Steisel provided the above mentioned firms assistance with merger & acquisition (M&A) activities, debt issuance and recapitalizations. Overall, he was responsible for coordinating the organization’s municipal and corporate environmental financing for over $2.0B of client needs, while at Lazard Freres &Co.

From January 1988 to December 1990, Norman Steisel was NYC School Construction Authority Chairman. The School Construction Authority (SCA) is the independent New York State authority responsible for the design, construction, modernization, as well as rehabilitation of public schools in New York City. Mr. Steisel was the School Construction Authority’s first Chairman; he served pro bono.

As Chairman, Norman Steisel oversaw the SCA’s creation. He recruited top agency executives; established the budget; developed staffing patterns, and directed implementation of project-management and cost-accounting controls and information-monitoring systems. Additionally, he directed development of architectural and construction-contract preparation, bid, and award procedures. $1B dollars of construction activity was occurring within the first year.

From January 1990 to December 1993, Norman Steisel was First Deputy Mayor of New York City. As CEO for NYC government, he was accountable for day-to-day oversight of all operations of the government. Moreover, he was accountable for the management of a 30-billion dollar annual operating budget and a 4-year 20-billion dollar capital program.

In addition, Mr. Steisel supervised the city’s emergency-response activities. This included the coordinated response to the 1993 World Trade Center terrorist attack. He additionally led the development and implementation of the Safe Streets program, a major expansion of the police force and criminal justice system that resulted in a 15% decrease in major crimes.

Furthermore, he directed the establishment of a new agency to provide housing and services to the homeless.

From January 2003 to July 2008, Norman Steisel was Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Operating Officer of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX). A key member of the PHLX strategic management team, Mr. Steisel was accountable for managing the daily operations through which the Exchange’s strategic plan and initiatives were administered.

The design of the strategic plan was to draw out value through taking advantage of regulatory licenses, enhancing technology assets, as well as offering innovative trading modalities and products. The PHLX was eventually sold to NASDAQ OMX. Mr. Steisel managed the PHLX’s involvement in transition planning and integration activities with NASDAQ OMX.

In January 1994, Norman Steisel created environmental consulting company EnEssCo Strategies in the Greater New York City area. He was president of EnEssCo from January 1994 to December 2002. Throughout his nine-year leadership, the Company provided management and consulting services to senior-level executives undertaking operational, strategic, as well as financial-transition activities in government-regulated industries.

EnEssCo Strategies offers strategic, business development and marketing, and financial consulting services. The Company offers these services to firms involved in providing environmental services and products. This includes alternative clean energy technologies and production, waste handling and disposal, and water supply and wastewater treatment. EnEssCo’s corporate mission is to leverage developing green businesses opportunities.