Steve Brazell

Founder & CEO @ Hitman, Inc.

About

Steve Brazell is Founder & CEO of Hitman Inc., the original Competition Removal® firm. For over 30 years, he has helped Fortune 100 leaders, sovereign institutions, and high-stakes operators dismantle existential threats, dominate hostile markets, and make irreversible decisions under pressure. He doesn’t compete. He removes. Steve is the author of Silver or Lead and Shock & Awe, two field manuals on modern business warfare, positioning, and dominance in AI-driven markets where visibility is machine-decided and hesitation is fatal. He is also the creator of: • Hitman Ops™ – a tactical mobile command center for competitive and psychological dominance • Whetstone™ – an AI performance platform sharpening leaders’ decision-making, positioning, and execution at machine speed His work spans brand strategy, competitive intelligence, reputation risk, leadership under fire, culture architecture, and narrative control. His methods favor truth, timing, pressure, and clarity over theatrics or noise. Steve is a strategic advisor to private equity, an active angel investor, and a Top 1% global keynote speaker on competition, AI coexistence, persuasion, and decisive leadership. He is also CEO of Fullbridge, where he is scaling AI-powered, human-centered learning to equip 400,000+ professionals worldwide with Performance Intelligence. More at: YourHitman.com | WhetstoneSharp.com | Fullbridge.com #CompetitionRemoval

Country

United States

City

New York

Industry

Management Consulting

Skill

Corporate Branding, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Public Speaking, Leadership, Sales, Start-ups, Management, Online Marketing, Social Networking, Brand Management, Marketing Management, Entrepreneurship, B2B, Online Advertising, Advertising, Business Planning, Product Marketing, Strategic Planning

Experience

Founder & CEO

Hitman, Inc.

1994 - Present · 32 yrs

New York City

Steve Brazell is a globally sought-after Brand Strategist and Reputation Crisis Commander. In today’s hyper-competitive, information-saturated markets, he serves as the decisive Agent of Clarity—distilling complexity into precision positioning, crafting compelling narratives that cut through noise, and neutralizing high-stakes crises before they escalate.

CEO

Fullbridge

2018-12 - Present · 7 yrs 10 mos

As CEO of Fullbridge, Steve is weaponizing AI and human-centered learning to empower 400,000+ professionals with High-Performance Skills and Performance Intelligence (PQ) via breakthrough programs, and enterprise solutions—turning knowledge into unstoppable execution.