Steve Selfridge, Day & Zimmermann’s President of Government Services

Steve Selfridge, a Potomac Officers Club member, serves as the president of government services at Day & Zimmermann, a construction and engineering company based in Philadelphia. 

According to the company, Selfridge is known for building and leading successful multinational teams and uniting parties on common goals. 

The 40-year veteran has worked across six continents in highly competitive global industries and has demonstrated success in increasing profits and market share. 

He previously served as Day & Zimmermann's vice president of corporate development. In the said role, he was responsible for strategy and mergers and acquisitions.

The established leader began his career as a certified public accountant at KPMG, a multinational professional services organization. 

He later moved on to serve as the chief financial officer of an architectural and engineering firm that was sold to Tetra Tech. 

As the chief operating officer at retail security provider Checkpoint Systems, Selfridge helped the company grow its value over ten-fold through a number of public financing deals and acquisitions. 

He held top executive roles at computer software company Acsis. For about a decade, he provided financial, operational and marketing direction and helped transform the company into a global applications corporation. 

Selfridge is a member of the International Stability Operations Association, the Intelligence and National Security Alliance and the Executive Mosaic Leadership Program in the Greater Washington Metropolitan area.

In 2015, South Jersey Magazine featured him as one of the Outstanding Entrepreneurs of the Year. He is also a former chair of the foundation board of Lourdes Hospital in Camden, New Jersey.

Selfridge earned a bachelor's degree in business and accounting from Rutgers University–Camden. He currently serves on the Leadership Council of Rutgers School of Business.