Steven Raab, Dallas SVP

A. Steven Raab is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The InSource Group, a Dallas-based company that provides a full range of technology resources including technical staff on a contract, contract-to-hire and full-time basis, project solutions and, in conjunction with strategic partners, outsourcing services.

In 1995, in conjunction with the founder of InSource Solutions, Steven started InSource Project Staffing to provide interim or contract technical staff to companies on a project basis, a service that InSource Solutions did not provide. Later that year, the two companies merged to form The InSource Group.

Steven has a long and diverse management and sales background in the Information technology, financial, and real estate industries. 

Prior to joining The InSource Group, Steven served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Sales and Marketing, for B.R. Blackmarr & Associates, a management and information technology consulting firm.  It was there that he defined the business plan for what would be come The InSource Group.

He began his technical career at IBM, where he held various line and staff management positions in sales and vertical industry markets over a period of 17 years.  In September 1974, Steven moved to Dallas with IBM and he has lived here ever since. 

Steven has also been founder and president of his own custom home building company, Executive Vice President of Real Estate and Real Estate Lending for Champion Savings & Loan, and  EVP of Real Time Financial Systems, Inc.
Philanthropic activities are an important part of Steven’s personal life.  For the past several years, his main focus has been Dallas Social Venture Partners, where he is immediate past Chairman and currently serves on the board.  He also served on the board and is a past chairman of Mothers Against Teen Violence and is a member of the board of The Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture.

In addition to philanthropy, Steven is keenly interested in geopolitics and world affairs and is active in the World Affairs Council of Dallas.  He is also a member of the Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center, and is a series subscriber to Arts and Letters Live, TITAS, the Southern Methodist University Tate Lecture Series and many of the other wonderful arts venues in Dallas.

An avid outdoorsman, he is involved in motorcycling, fly-fishing, running and, most recently, equestrian sports.  Steven has a son and grandson and he and his wife Ginny also share a passion for their two rescued Golden Retrievers, Jake and Hudson.