Stephen is a serial travel industry entrepreneur, having co-founded multiple companies in the tours & activities sector since 2005.

He co-founded WalksofItaly.com, an online travel company for visitors to Italy offering sightseeing tours, in 2009. Walks has become one of the largest operators of travel services in Italy, a success he attributes largely to social media and content marketing strategies.

He launched Walks of NY in 2014 to great success, including coverage in The NY Times and many major publications, a partnership with Chef Mario Batali, and more recently, a partnership with Disney on his Broadway Behind the Magic tour. In 2015, Walks launched Walks of Turkey in Istanbul, earning coverage in Condé Nast Traveler.

Walks launched sightseeing tours of Paris in 2017, Barcelona, London and San Francisco in 2018. Stephen oversees offices in Rome, Austin, Dublin and NYC, is an expert on digital strategy and has spoken at a number of industry events.

Stephen was featured in a NatGeo/Netflix documentary about traveling smart in Rome (Scam City), and has traveled the globe to over 50 countries.