Rick Stein
Title
Strategic Account Manager
Present
Through building business relationships with clients, I work to indentify clients needs and opportunities so we can communicate how we can add value to their process.
Past
I was brought up in an entrepreneurial family business learning early on the value of long term client relationships and defining and meeting customer expectations. For the last 20 years of my career I have been in account management positions serving the manufacturing and product design and development fields with an emphasis on medical device.
Passion
Professionally, it’s my career. I used to ask myself what I wanted to do when I grew up. Many years ago I realized it was right in front of me. I develop business relationships and help my clients succeed through the services I represent.
Play
Yard work, gardening, cooking.
What is your first memory of design thinking?
I was 11 years old. My neighbor gave me a mini bike frame that was collecting dust in his garage. I immediately had a vision of speed and transportation freedom. I custom designed and built every working part of my dream machine. I custom crafted the seat, headlight lights, tail lights, axels and wheel spacers. I powered it with an old Briggs lawnmower engine running straight pipes and the brakes were a pair of high friction Keds. The official top speed (courtesy of the local police) was 40 mph. I also added rear view mirrors on the handle bars after verifying the speed. I wish I still had it in my garage, I would take it for a spin around the block.
