Following a successful tender submission, Steve led the team that established a greenfield e-scooter operations in six locations across Essex, from recruitment & warehousing to operational launch. The Essex operation was among the best performing markets in Spin and the only European market retained following the Tier acquisition. From ecargo bikes, electric vans and renewable energy, this operation was set up with sustainability at its heart.

Steve was part of the launch team for the London Cycle Hire in 2010 and spent 7 years on the scheme in a variety of roles from process improvement and innovation manager to Head of Change. During Steve's tenure he oversaw the implementation of a workforce management and asset management system which gave a rich data set from which to improve the operation as it grew to over 12k bikes and 800 docking stations,

Steve successfully won the tender to design and operate a city wide ebike sharing system in 2020. During the first lock down, Steve spent many days working with LCC active travel teams, cycling around Leicester surveying potential sites, completing planning permission requests and liaising with stakeholders. The map below illustrates the current approved docking station locations.

Steve was employee number one for Mobike outside of China. He established Mobike UK and built the team from scratch to launch in six cities. Under heavy scrutiny from UK and Chinese media, Steve promoted Mobike and active travel across the UK, with prominent interviews on BBC Breakfast, CGTN and other global media outlets. The dockless Mobike model has since been copied by all new e-mobility companies and pushed bikeshare into the limelight