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Chris Stewart serves as a Volunteer Professor and Lead Industry Advisor at Sonoma State University, where he actively engages in entrepreneurial mentorship and chairs the External Advisory Board for the SSU Maker Space. He concurrently leads Pocket Radar Inc. and Invention Planet, LLC as President and co-founder, bridging industry expertise with academic development.
His educational foundation includes:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University
- Postgraduate studies in electromagnetics and communications at Stanford University and The Ohio State University
With 25 years of experience designing microwave test equipment at Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies, his professional trajectory spans R&D, Manufacturing, Marketing, and Business Management. Current scholarly focus centers on entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, and microwave engineering innovation, emphasizing real-world application through student mentorship and maker-space initiatives.
As an academic advisor, he provides strategic guidance for student startups and steers the SSU Maker Space advisory board, cultivating hands-on prototyping environments and industry-academia collaboration frameworks.
