Stephen E. Heiman has worked in sales development for over thirty years. In the 1970s, as an IBM national account salesman, he increased sales by over 35 percent and was in the top 5 percent for total sales and percentage quota. He continued his success at Kepner-Tregoe as director of marketing and at North American Van Lines where, in four years as executive vice president, he increased sales and profits by 36 percent. In 1978 he joined partner Robert B. Miller in the company that became Miller Heiman Inc. Heiman retired in 1988 as MHI president and CEO; he continues to serve as the company's chairman of the board.