After years of drafting and re-drafting plans and drawings along with prototype testing, his invention was sufficiently advanced to file for a U.S. patent which has been published under PCT Patent Application No. PCT/US2008/000704. Foreign patents are pending. His patent attorney is Donald B. Haslett with Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel, LLP.

Masters Degree in Engineering Management, Portland State University
B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University

Toolchest
Oracle / MS Access Database Management
PLC Programming
Data acquisition
SolidWorks 2011/2012 Professional
FEA analysis on multipart assemblies with Solidworks Simulation.
Working experience with CSA, UL, NEMA, NEC, ASME and NFPA 99 codes.

Product Development Support
Leading multic

A native Oregonian, Steve first gained experience with computer programming and financial systems at Stanford Research Institute while working his way through Oregon State University. A Marine option within the NROTC program, he left OSU in his senior year to be amongst the 2% commissioned as regular officers in the United States Marine Corps and obtain an additional two years of guaranteed college training at Portland State University with an e

Erich W. Merrill, Jr., joined Miller Nash in 1983. He regularly works with company management and founders to collaborate on corporate policy and strategy, entity choice and formation, raising funds from investors, negotiating and writing contracts, sales and acquisitions of businesses, and intellectual property protection and licensing.

Erich has recently: Represented clients in the acquisition or sale of businesses in the United States an

Don Haslett joined Chernoff Vilhauer in September of 1977 and has been a partner in the firm since January of 1984. He is member of the Oregon State Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, and the Federal Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Federal Circuit.
Don is listed in the 2012 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America" in t

Cetin Karakus founded World Star Tech in Toronto, Canada in 1996 and is an ISO 9001:2000 certified firm. He is an acknowledged leader in the design and manufacture of high quality sensor, measurement, biomedical, and bioanalytical lasers. Applications include machine vision, process control and alignment with special expertise in laser and MEMS systems and laser nanotechnology applications.

He conducted research at the Center for Advanced Ma

Rhonda Coleman
communications
Rhonda Coleman is a smart marketer with a valuable and diverse public relations and marketing background. She provides PR, written communications, social media content and marketing project management for firms requiring compelling communications on tight deadlines for internal and external audiences.

A specialist in social media and media relations, she has an aptitude for seeking opportunities in niche audienc

Deborah Starr-Calhoun
Director of Marketing

Deborah Starr-Calhoun brings over twenty years of retail marketing and
management experience to the Target Hitch team.

After founding F.U.P. a national mail order company, she spent the next
thirteen years perfecting methods of promoting, selling and distributing
products to end users and dealer networks all over the globe, taking the
company to $10 million in annual sales.

Through Debor