Stephan comes to Cardinal with substantial technology and executive account management experience gleaned from nearly 20 years of heading business development efforts at several prestigious IT corporations. With his diverse background, he has extensive knowledge in assembling and managing account teams for new ventures across several industries. As Director of Business Development, Stephan is pivotal in establishing Cardinal IP as the nation’s leading patent professional services corporation.

Prior to joining Cardinal, Stephan served as a senior business development director for NIIT Technology; an India-based IT applications outsourcing corporation. Under his leadership, the Financial Services Industry division of NIIT became the fastest growing group within its family of companies. Before moving to NIIT, he had been a senior business development director at CIBER Corporation.

Other experience includes working as a director of business development for the Insurance Vertical at the META Group, a pioneering IT advisory services provider.

Stephan earned his B.A. in History from Allegheny College.

Client Services Group



MARKETING
Bryan Jerutis
Vice President
Marketing Director


Julie Olson
Marketing Coordinator

ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
Stephan Wood
Vice President
Business Development Director


Laura Kelleher
Account Manager

Jaimie Kott
Account Manager

Michael Sotak
Account Manager

RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
Brian Goddard
Director of Research Operations

Beverly Agdern
Project Director

Ronald Andermann
Senior Project Director
Chemical Division

Matt Benavides

Project Director

Tim Harney
Senior Project Director
Electrical & Business Methods Division

Jason Nickla
Project Director

Tomas Prieto
Project Director

Anjali Gumbhir
Resource Operations Director




EDUCATION
Allegheny College
B.A. in History