Our Leadership

Steve Grant

President and Founder, Technology Consultant

Steve brings more than 20 years of information technology consulting and software development experience to the Objective Arts' team. In addition to managing the day-to-day operations of the firm, Stephen oversees technology teams on Object-Oriented design, software project management and software development methods. He also provides strategy and management consulting to clients who are implementing critical technology initiatives.

Prior to founding Objective Arts, Stephen managed large-scale development initiatives for both Viant Corporation and CloserLook, Inc. Early in his career he worked on large-scale systems for the City of Chicago and the University of Chicago. He has an extensive background in Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Design Patterns, Java, J2EE and the Unified Modeling Language.

Stephen holds an MBA in Finance and a Master of Arts in Public Policy Studies from the University of Chicago, as well as a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, from Tufts University.

Joe Lobraco

Director of Architecture

Joe is responsible for technical architecture and overall system design at OA.

Joe is a veteran C and Java programmer. He has developed mission critical software for Motorola and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). He was the Principal Architect and Designer of the real-time Order Entry and Market Data systems for futures, options, and other derivatives at the CME. Joe is a specialist in high performance systems where milliseconds and even microseconds matter. At OA he focuses on java programming and develops messaging, notification, and web frameworks. Joe is also an Open Source software specialist and a Red Hat Certified Linux Engineer. Joe received his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Greg Orlowski

Director of Technology

Greg oversees all OA technology strategy. He is responsible for finding and evaluating new technologies for inclusion in the OA portfolio.

Greg has been an open source software enthusiast for years and has authored an open source project for file system management as well as a specialized embedded Linux distribution. Professionally, Greg has worked as a Java programmer for several large energy, insurance and financial services companies. At OA, Greg has worked primarily on developing ETL applications, database architecture, and OLAP data warehouse and report design. Greg has a Bachelor of Arts in American History, with honors, from the University of Chicago.

Steve Ghareeb

Director of Business Development

Steve leads business development, account management, and sets the marketing strategy for Objective Arts. He focuses on initiating new relationships and growing existing accounts. A veteran sales professional, his string of successes include opening and growing markets for Fortune 100 companies across the U.S. As a serial entrepreneur, Steve worked for eight years with successful technology start-ups in Silicon Valley and Chicago.

Previously, Steve sold and delivered technology and telecommunications products and services for Fortune 100 companies such as GE, Cisco Systems and Ameritech-AT&T. He has developed new revenue streams for clients including Bloomberg Financial, UUNET, Accenture, Verizon and Bell South-AT&T.

Steve earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia.