Our Team
President
Mark Malloy
Mark joined Next Step as a Partner and equity stake holder in April 2021. He pursues new client opportunities and assists in the management of all Next Step accounts. Mark has spent his entire career in the plastics industry, and most recently was Business Development Director and part of the original investor group for Plastics Machinery Magazine. Mark works for Next Step from his office in the northern suburbs of Chicago.
Chief Content Officer
Geoff Giordano
Geoff is a lifelong journalist and content creator. He spent most of his news career as a supervising editor, front page editor and creative/design leader at The Journal News (Gannett) in White Plains, New York. He transitioned to trade journalism in 2005 and has served as editor-in-chief or contributing editor for industries including plastics, machining and metal processing and industrial lasers. He began creating cross-platform digital content and strategy in 2011.
Founder / Retired
Greg Hannoosh
Greg has retired in April 2025 with nearly four decades of experience in advertising and marketing. Prior to founding Next Step Communications Inc. in 1996, he served as director of marketing communications for Dynisco Inc. and KONA Corporation. He has been a member of the Plastics Pioneers Association (inducted 2016) and the Society of Plastics Engineers.
About Next Step Communications, Inc.
Founded in 1996, Next Step Communications, Inc. is a B2B public relations and marketing communications firm with a focus on the plastics, tooling and converting industries. We take a hands-on, personalized approach that allows us to best tell your company’s story.
“Wittmann USA has had a close relationship with Next Step Communications for over 15 years. Their PR work has been invaluable and has helped Wittmann USA gain tremendous exposure in the plastics industry press.”
