Biography of Stephen Dolle, scientist, author, spokesperson, and consultant

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Stephen Dolle is the founder and CEO of Dolle Communications. He is known by many close friends as a real-life "MacGyver." Some of his innovative efforts prior to Dolle Communications are hosted here, including, recent advances and keynote presentations with rhythm and drums. He is known throughout area business, entertainment, science and technology, and regulatory affairs and law circles, and is well published.

His 30-year career spans technical and managerial life sciences, business, product development, and sports and entertainment. Immediately out of college, he opened a medical imaging department for a hospital in Indiana, later returning to school to study business and theatre.

In 1982, he founded Certified Nuclear Imaging (CNI) at a time when hospital contract businesses were very new. CNI's strength was its depth of expertise and business model, and Stephen's ability to continue to reinvent and introduce new services. It was during CNI's nearly 9-year run that Stephen sharpened his sales and business development skills. He oversaw all of CNI's sales, managerial, and technical operations, and designed and integrated all of its services. In 1988, he introduced management consulting (feasibility assessments), continuing with these services until 1992. From 1986 to 1989, he also dabbled in film and theatre as he had been a child star vocalist in Cincinnati, Ohio.

In 1991, he began to spend time promoting sports and entertainment, initially with Tri-Events Sports, then later as an independent promoter. In 1992, he was key in raising corporate sponsorship for the 1992 Great American Race that finished in Costa Mesa, California, and this led to an invitation to promote the Planet Hollywood restaurant group in California. But, on July 5, 1992, while returning home from the race Stephen sustained a career-changing brain injury in an automobile accident - that required the placement of a CNS shunt.

His career focus was shifted to the neurosciences, where he became an expert in critical areas, including, implantable devices, Food & Drug Administration (FDA) policy, and products liability and intellectual property law. In 1996, he authored a landmark FDA Petition that led to the 1999 International FDA STAMP Conference in Washington, D.C., while also designing and patenting the first ever non-invasive shunt monitoring system, or DiaCeph Test, based upon artificial intelligence (AI). Working with his father, the late W. L. Dolle, Jr., the two formed DiaCeph, Inc. and embarked on development of the DiaCeph Test. Though the product has yet to reach the medical devices market, Stephen has become expertly qualified in the neurosciences and AI technology.

He has kept up with his interest in sports and entertainment, including, performing of music and rhythm. And when his son played baseball for Foothill High School, he was asked and created a new sponsorship campaign for their baseball program. In mid-2004, he became interested in the djembe drum and began performing with bands and drum circles. Drumming has led to his exploring new protocols for sports, wellness, and areas of enhancement of non-verbal communication - enabled by a lifetime in music & entertainment and 10 years of neurobehavioral experience.

Stephen's formal education vastly under-states his knowledge and expertise. He obtained an A. S. in Science from the University of Cincinnati, a B. S. in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix, and studied film and theatre at UCLA and several independent film schools. He has committed 15 years of study to the neurosciences, spanning CNS shunts, AI technology, related federal (FDA) regulatory policy, and music and art therapy. He has also studied intellectual property and products liability law, and is a recognized expert in failure to warn. He is qualified to speak on matters involving public policy and civil trial law. His accomplishments appear worthy of an honorary doctorate (Ph.D.).

Stephen has been performing and researching world percussion since 2004. In March 2006, he attended the Arthur Hull Drum Circle Facilitator workshop, and today speaks and consults on team communications applications of drums and rhythms.

He is a past board member of the National Hydrocephalus Foundation, the Orange County Bar Association, Toastmasters, and numerous business, science, sports, and charitable organizations.