About Stone Creek

• Over ten years successfully writing, filing, and prosecuting patents on behalf of clients as proprietor of Stone Creek and as a U.S. registered patent agent. Specialization includes clean energy technology, audio and visual media electronics, mechanical devices,  and accelerated patent filings. See the project showcase page to view our patent portfolio.
• Successfully managed intellectual property program for the Stanton Group (acquired by Gibson in 2010). Developed and managed a company wide patent incentive program meeting all program goals and metrics.

Vice President of Engineering for Stanton

Oversaw research and development, quality assurance, manufacturing engineering, and product management for $20 million product line.

Key Accomplishments:

• Built the engineering department from the ground up, which included research and development, sustaining engineering, and quality assurance.
• Created and managed a combined operating/capital budget of $1.5 million.
• Managed 17 simultaneous development programs. Successfully took them to market in less than 18 months. This was accomplished through a team-style management strategy that empowered the engineering and product marketing teams to accomplish as much as departments with a much larger staff.
• Acted as technical advisor to the CEO for strategic partnerships and acquisitions.
• Created an entire new product line from concept to completion in a little over one year. The product line featured performance specifications that rivaled products costing two to four times as much.
• Established market research methodology and focus groups for the product-management department.
• Developed a quality assurance program that which resulted in a dramatic decrease in product defects for an entire product line – from nearly 100% defect rate to nearly zero defects in less than six months.

Project Leader and Senior Engineer- Sony

• Led several key project teams from product concept through manufacturing in the professional audio products division.
• Led a joint development team between Sony Japan and U.S. This highly successful project generated over $17 million in gross revenue and exceeding both product life cycle & revenue goals.

Staff Applications Engineer – Cirrus Logic

• Senior level technical position, equivalent to first line manager, as supporting Cirrus audio chip designs in notebook and desktop computers for tier 1 manufacturers such as Dell, IBM, Gateway, HP, and Compaq.
• Instituted a 24-hour turn around time on complex technical evaluations for tier one US/Asian manufacturers.

Project Engineer – Sensormatic

• Took a lead role in regulatory compliance for the RFID engineering department. Co-developed company-wide measurement standard for human exposure to radio frequencies
• Design engineer on various RFID access control products.

Education

• BSEE Florida International University 1987
  graduated with high honors
• BS Physics, Florida International University, 1987
  graduated with high honors

Credentials 

• U.S. Registered Patent Agent, Registration No. 64,843
  licensed to practice with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for all patent related matters.

• National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) member since 1988
• Audio Engineering Society (AES) member since 1988