Ideal Homes names Shoemaker president
NORMAN—Ideal Homes has promoted Steve Shoemaker from vice president of sales and marketing to president of Ideal Homes.
Shoemaker has led marketing for the company since 2003. He is the first company president to be named from outside the original ownership group.
“Steve and I have worked closely together for the last 16 years. He loves this company and i ts people,” said Vernon McKown, founder and CEO. “While his primary strategic focus has been on the sales, marketing, and design center side of our organization, he has a great strategic mind for the big picture and has played a vital role on our senior management team as we've set big goals for growth and leadership development.”
McKown remains as CEO and chairman of the management team. As part of the ownership group that started the company in 1990, he has led the company's sales, marketing, land development and day-to-day operations.
Going forward, he plans to focus on setting the stage for Ideal's future growth. Shoemaker will continue to guide sales, marketing and the design center while taking on IT and company leadership development initiatives.
Shoe maker holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mass communications/public relations from Oklahoma Christian University and holds t he MI RM designation—Master in
Residential Marketing—from the National Association of Home Builders. He has served on the Oklahoma Occupational Licensing Advisory Commission since 2018.
He and his wife, Jama, have three sons.
Ideal Homes has developed and builds in 18 neighborhoods in the Oklahoma City metro area, including Blanchard, Choctaw, Deer Creek-Edmond, Guthrie, Moore, Mustang, Norman, Piedmont and Yukon, and in Stillwater.