In 1977, former CEO Steve Leebow founded Pacesetter Steel Service, Inc.

As a young man, Steve worked in his family’s steel distribution center in New Jersey, where his passion for the industry was born and cultivated until he opened our doors in Atlanta, GA in 1977.

Through the first 10 years, Steve grew the company alongside a small but dedicated group of Pacesetter Associates. Collectively, they established a strong work ethic, customer focus, and a dedication to teamwork. In fact, many associates who helped build Pacesetter from its early beginnings still work for the company. Since those humble beginnings, Pacesetter has added equipment, locations, and capabilities to best service the needs of our customers.

In 1997, after 17 years of tremendous growth, Pacesetter relocated corporate offices to our current location in Kennesaw, Georgia, just north of Atlanta.

In September of 2014, Aviva Leebow Wolmer was named Pacesetter’s new CEO as Steve Leebow transitioned to COO. With Leebow Wolmer, Pacesetter has expanded its focus on excellence in quality, creating the Ultimate Customer Experience and a commitment to a culture of innovation and technological advancement.

In the Silicon Valley spirit of growth through innovation, Pacesetter has, under Leebow Wolmer’s guidance, launched a formal Innovation Implementation Team, a larger than life team-wide vision board called the “Can you Imagine Wall,” and a team of associates specifically tasked with driving a cultural atmosphere and daily application of the principles set forth publicly in Leebow Wolmer’s Vivid Vision.

For all of these efforts and the countless more that go unmentioned, Pacesetter is today an industry leader in both the science and application of innovation.