STEPHEN HYATT, Ph.D., M.B.A., has worked as an engineer for several major Silicon
Valley companies including Seagate Technology, Novellus, Mattson Technology, and
Solectron. He has an extensive background in materials engineering and management
science, has three engineering-related certificates, and has published numerous
academic articles in the fields of engineering and business. He has spent much of the
last few years teaching technology at Silicon Valley-based universities. He earned a
master’s degree at Northwestern Polytechnic University and enjoys teaching business
strategies, the interaction of culture and management styles, application of quantitative
methods to business, modeling business processes for productivity and efficiency,
business intelligence, analytics and technology. He is passionate about film
photography, woodworking, and carpentry.