Steve Hatten
Manufacturing Specialist
National Manufacturing Extension Partnership 2007 Innovator of the Year!!
Steve Hatten is TechHelp's Manufacturing Specialists in Southwest Idaho. He manages the New Product Development (NPD) Team at the NPD Lab at the Boise State University College of Engineering.
Steve is a mechanical and manufacturing systems engineer with a wide range of experience in engineering and manufacturing environments. After completing his Master's Degree at Stanford, he worked 13 years in the aerospace industry where he developed skills in mechanical design, design for manufacturability and manufacturing process improvement. Steve enjoys using all of those skills with Idaho inventors and manufacturers.
Steve is a strong advocate of integrated engineering solutions to streamline manufacturing, especially with the use of cross-organizational teams. At Boeing he led a team that made significant reductions in product design, fabrication, and test cycle time.
Steve has a passion for introducing and improving product development services for Idaho manufacturers, including product design, prototyping and management tools to improve product development processes. Steve is a member of TechHelp's Lean Team and leads workshops and Lean transformations with Idaho manufacturers.
Expertise:
- Product Development
- Lean Enterprise
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Education:
- BSME University of Idaho
- MSMSE Stanford University
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