Steve Getsiv
Steve is the President and CEO of Nova Products Inc. and is the managing partner for Nova
USA Wood Products. Steve has a B.A. from Dartmouth College in Engineering and Computer
Science (1987), earned his MBA with honors from Portland State University (1997), and
attended the Executive Program for Growing Companies at Stanford University (2011).
After college, Steve joined Pacific Laminating & Manufacturing, a finger joint and edge glue
plant started by his father Ted Getsiv in 1961. Steve quickly learned the truck flooring and
lumber remanufacturing business as well as some financial accounting, cost accounting and
manufacturing management. In 1991, he joined Oregon-Canadian Forest Products in North
Plains, Oregon. While there, he was responsible for special projects, information technology and
eventually managed the tropical hardwood import program, which grew into a $25 million annual
program.
While working on his MBA from Portland State University, he was able to apply his business
school studies directly into practice at the company. His projects included implementation of
accounting software, designing cost accounting software and employee incentive programs, as
well as managing and creating most of the company’s marketing collateral.
Steve used his skills, vast knowledge, and experience in the lumber industry to help found Nova
USA Wood, which specializes in importing and wholesaling the finest exotic hardwoods from
around the world.
Bill Christou
Bill Christou (pictured above with one of our valuable suppliers) joined Nova in 2009 as a partner. Bill is a specialist in both residential decking
products and truck trailer flooring products. Bill is fluent in Bahasa Indonesia, Greek and English;
he also speaks French as well as some basic Spanish and Portuguese.
Bill grew up in Toronto, ON and earned a B.A. with Honors from the University of Toronto in Political
Science and Philosophy, Christou briefly worked with Merrill Lynch in Money Market Banking and then
travelled extensively throughout the world.
In 1991 Christou earned his Graduate Diploma in Asian Business and Management from Capilano College's
APMCP Program. Shortly thereafter, Bill joined Nelson International Inc. of Vancouver, BC, Canada.
For the next decade, Christou lived in Indonesia and managed the Asian based purchasing for Nelson's
tropical hardwood program which he directed into a $30 million annual program.