Stephen has extensive experience in patent prosecution, having worked with law firms in Boston and San Francisco, where he advises tech startups on patent portfolio development, drafting, and prosecution. He has taught seminars on patent law and strategy at prestigious institutions, including Cornell University, Harvard Medical School, the London School of Economics, MIT, New York University, and the Wharton School, as well as universities in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. Stephen also mentors university startups through the Harvard Innovation Labs and the MIT Venture Mentoring Service and has been appointed an expert in residence at various incubators and accelerators. He has co-founded and served as chief engineer and software engineer for three award-winning startups, including Active Spectrum, a finalist in the MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition.

Stephen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from MIT with four degrees in physics and electrical engineering, where he conducted research in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and taught digital signal processing courses. He received the President Paul E. Gray Award for Excellence in Research and the Goodwin Medal, MIT’s highest honor for teaching excellence by a graduate student. He earned his law degree from New York University School of Law, where he was a Dean’s Award Scholar and an InSITE Fellow, advising startups and venture capitalists on patents, technology, and entrepreneurship. Stephen is also an alumnus of the International Patent Drafting Training Program hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a UN agency based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Outside of his professional life, Stephen enjoys reading, listening to music, swimming, and spending time with his wife and daughter.