Stephan Schier

Operations Director, WhereNext DMC

Stephan Schier is the Operations Director of WhereNext DMC. He lives in Seattle and works from the Seattle WhereNext, Inc. office. In a 40-year career, he has owned a high-rise window-cleaning company in Seattle, co-founded the bicycle importer and retailer Dutch Bike Co. in Chicago, and been business development manager at the iOS app studio Black Pixel, where he grew sales tenfold.

He and Gregg Bleakney met in the early 2000s at the software company AccessVia. In 2019 Stephan helped Gregg chart a new course for WhereNext as both a creative agency and a luxury travel company, and he joined the team as that work turned into partnerships with new clients.

His path to WhereNext

Stephan Schier’s career
Early work	He sold “mind machines” poolside in Las Vegas, cooked at Seattle’s Hunt Club, and owned a high-rise window-cleaning company in Seattle.
Expeditions	He paddled a kayak 1,000 miles into the Canadian Arctic and helped capture two Guinness land-speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
With Gregg	He and Gregg Bleakney met in the early 2000s at the software company AccessVia. In 2007 Stephan piloted a motorcycle while Gregg photographed the Paris–Brest–Paris, a 750-mile cycling randonnée through France’s Normandy and Brittany regions.
Companies	He co-founded Dutch Bike Co. in Chicago. At Black Pixel he grew sales tenfold, on projects that included the first MLB app for iPad, for clients including Apple, Intel, and News Corp.
WhereNext	In 2019 he helped Gregg chart the company’s course as both a creative agency and a luxury travel company, then joined the team.