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Stephen Dolle is the founder and CEO of Dolle Communications. He founded the company in 2004 to focus on marketing and communications in entertainment, health & wellness, and science and technology, after an unsuccessful attempt with his start-up, DiaCeph, Inc., and his patented neurological method, the DiaCeph Test. DiaCeph's IP remains in his name, and could be made to run on a mobile phone platform. He also continues his commitment to the neurosciences through Dolle Communications. 

In 2004, Stephen took up an interest in African and Latin hand percussion that would intersect with his efforts in the neurosciences, music & art therapy, hydrocephalus, and 2002 sensory integration study on cognition. In early 2006, he studied drum circle facilitation with Arthur Hull, and began facilitating drum circles and speaking, while continuing to research audible rhythm and the brain. As a facilitator and keynote speaker, Stephen calls on years of experiences from medical imaging, the neurosciences, youth coaching, and business consulting. He is well-versed in drum rhythms and the brain, corporate team building, and non verbal communications in sales and sports. He also speaks on neurological disorders and hydrocephalus.

Stephen's 30-year career spans his work as a nuclear medical imaging technologist from 1976 to 1990, where he founded his own imaging company, Certified Nuclear Imaging (CNI) in 1982. From 1982 to 1990, he grew CNI from a contract services provider to a marketing and regulatory affairs consulting company, and was responsible for all of its sales, business development, management, and technical operations. He later pioneered capital feasibility assessment and marketing programs. Over a 15 year period in this field, he worked up and did procedures on more than 15,000 patients at 50 different facilities..

From 1986 to 1989, he appeared in film and theatre. As a youth, he studied and toured as a vocalist through the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. As an adult, he studied film and theatre at UCLA, South Coast Repertoire, and through several independent schools. Upon honing his marketing skills in 1990, he embarked on raising money for sports and entertainment projects, initially with Tri-Events Sports, then as an independent consultant. He raised money for area hospitals, youth sports, and community organizations, and was active in the arts, including, a member of "Arts on the Green" that benefited Santa Ana/Costa Mesa arts and the Orange County Performing Arts Center (OCPAC). In 1992, he raised money for the Great American Race that finished at the center, and subsequently received an offer to promote the scheduled to open Planet Hollywood restaurant. But, a July 1992 auto accident and brain injury (placement of a CNS shunt), changed these plans. His 3-year plan was to transition into sports and entertainment agency/promotion.

Because of the brain injury and subsequent surgeries, he shifted his focus to the neurosciences, medical devices, Food & Drug Administration (FDA) policy, law, and music & art therapy. In 1996, he authored the landmark FDA Petition on CNS Shunts that led to the FDA's First International STAMP Conference in Washington, D.C. in 1999. In support of this effort, he designed and patented the first ever home monitoring system for hydrocephalus, the DiaCeph Test, and used the DiaCeph Test to direct his 1998 and successful 2008 brain surgery - detailed in this paper, Shunt Selection Model.

Stephen served as a youth baseball and soccer coach from 1987 to 2000. Coaching affords special insights into children and family matters, player development, and sports opportunities that he has applied to youth mentoring, drum circle facilitation, workshops, and speaking. With a son that played baseball for Foothill High School, and later for Pepperdine University, Stephen served as a backup pitching coach and led an all new Foothill baseball sponsorship program, which still stands today.

Stephen's formal education vastly under-states his knowledge and expertise today. He received an A. S. degree from the University of Cincinnati, and later a B. S. in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. Since his 1992 injury, he has undertaken extensive study in the neurosciences, CNS shunt devices, cognition and memory, assistive technology, FDA regulatory policy, and music and brain studies. He is also well versed in contracts and products liability law, as well as is a recognized expert and is qualified to speak on these topics. He is known by many close to him as  "MacGyver," as "The Professor" by fellow drummers, and more recently as "Professor Mac" via the domain www.ProfessorMac.net

He is a past board member of the National Hydrocephalus Foundation, past member of the Orange County Bar Association, and past member of Toastmasters, Foothill High School Baseball foundation, Hoag Memorial Hospital fundraising committees, Arts on the Green, Life Science Industry Council (LINC), and other civic, business, scientific, and charitable organizations.