Stilwell Baker's founders and senior staff are experienced high-tech veterans. Since 1996, this team has successfully led the company through changing customer, market, and technology requirements.

Management Team

Barbara Stilwell Baker, Founder and Owner

Barbara Stilwell Baker founded Stilwell Baker, Inc., as a technical communications company. Since 1980 she has worked in the Military-Aerospace, Semiconductor, Medical Equipment, Software and Consumer Electronics industries. Barbara has won international technical communications awards and is author of the book "Concurrent Engineering." In 1996, Barbara played a pivotal role in transitioning the company to an electronic engineering services company. In addition to her responsibilities managing the company’s internal processes, she is the keeper of the Stilwell Baker culture.

Darrel Baker, President and Owner

Darrel Baker is an electronic design engineer who, since 1980, has worked in the Military-Aerospace, Commercial Electronics, Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Signal Integrity industries. Prior to joining Stilwell Baker, Inc., Darrel served in product marketing and EDA consulting roles, which established his deep understanding of printed circuit engineering technologies and developed his keen sense of what it takes to make customers successful. Darrel’s philosophy of "superior value delivery" is the cornerstone of Stilwell Baker’s success.

Ray Burney Jr., VP Engineering

Ray Burney Jr. brings over seventeen years of leadership and management experience in the electronics and consumer product industries. Ray has held several management positions with Hewlett-Packard, Etec Systems, and Rockwell Automation - Allen Bradley and brings a strong background in R&D, new product development, and operations. Ray spent the past nine years with HP, where he was the Technology Development Manager responsible for delivering all analog, power, and sensing solutions to the Consumer Ink Jet Printer Organization. Ray holds an MBA from Washington State University, Vancouver, WA, and a BSEE from Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA.

Key Personnel

Jeff Winslow

Jeff Winslow is an experienced Electronics Design Engineer with over 30 years of experience in analog, power, and mixed-signal design and architecture, primarily in the ATE sector. He has designed and shepherded into production several Arbitrary Waveform Generators, from audio to video and beyond, as well as intrusion detection products, precision programmable power supplies, and both AC-DC and DC-DC switchmode power supplies and systems. He’s worked extensively and successfully with stringent low noise and low distortion requirements, A/D and D/A conversion, photonics interface, EMI control, and feedback loop stability. He holds two patents in the field of power systems, and a BSEE degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

Rich Brinkly

Rich Brinkly is a Senior Mechanical Engineer with over 19 years of broad experience in test and measurement, fiber optic and lasers, consumer electronics, and product design. He has a strong background in R&D, new product development, and manufacturing. Past projects have included scanner and document feeder, industrial photo printing system, fiber optic test and measurement products, and even large farm implements. Rich spent 14 years at HP leading many diverse groups developing products and subsystems. Past focus has been electronics packaging for UL and other regulatory needs, user interface, and system design. Rich has 4 patents and earned his BSME from Oregon State University.

David Christenson

David Christenson is a Senior Electrical Engineer who designs and develops electromechanical systems, integrating the electrical, mechanical, and firmware components and preparing the product for manufacturing.  His product experience ranges from low-volume, high-value (Boeing 7x7 avionics) to high-volume consumer products (Hewlett-Packard inkjet printers). Projects include motion control using brushed, brushless, and stepper motors; precision encoder systems; variable lighting systems; industrial timers; and large test systems for environmental stress screening of avionics. David has strong skills in troubleshooting, technical documentation, communication, and project management. David earned his BSEE from Texas A&M University and has done graduate coursework in Instrumentation & Measurement, Advanced Electronics, Robotics, Random Signals & Noise. He enjoys boating, hiking, and learning with his wife and two children.

Mark Heriford

Since 1994, Mark Heriford has worked in the electronics industry, primarily in the design and layout of complex, high-speed, high-density printed circuit boards using mixed-signal, rigid-flex, VIP, blind and buried via, and buried R technologies. Mark has excellent understanding of the fabrication process, including design for manufacturability, test, assembly and procurement. Mark is fluent in multiple CAD and engineering tools to design mechanical, PCBs, ASICs and microwave communication systems across Washington and Oregon. Mark is currently Manager of Stilwell Baker’s Design Centers where he manages successful teams of Stilwell Baker designers and component librarians. Mark’s teams are communications hubs, coordinating schedules with engineering, design, manufacturing, and procurement. Mark received his BSEE from Washington State University.

Ron Juve

Ron Juve is a Senior Electrical Engineer with 30 years experience in electronic product development, including R&D, Safety, Regulatory, Reliability/Quality, Manufacturing, and Cost Reduction. He has delivered many analog circuit designs, including mixed-signal ASICs, voltage regulators, sensors/sensor conditioning circuits, thermal systems, LVDS interfaces and closed loop systems. As a system engineer, Ron co-developed with Firmware Engineers, operational and safety algorithms in “real time” systems, collaborated with Mechanical Engineers on PCAs, cabling, case parts, assembly issues and test failures and have resolved many EMI and ESD issues. Ron holds eight U.S. patents and one European patent. He received his MSEE from Stanford University and his BSEE from Washington State University.

Jon Lewis

Since 1983, Jon Lewis’ printed circuit board design experience spans high-speed design in telecommunications, high-end server motherboards, supercomputer backplanes, as well as complex designs with mixed technologies. Mr. Lewis has worked as a design manager at service bureaus and is currently a Major Accounts Manager with responsibility for the company’s Hewlett-Packard relationship. In this key role, Jon works with HP program managers and procurement to support HP design teams with both NRE and board design and layout. Jon has helped develop a strong culture within Stilwell Baker teams that promote customer service, delivery of exceptional value, and flexibility to do whatever it takes to meet the customer’s needs.

Mark Olson

Mark Olson is a Senior Electrical Engineer with over 20 years experience in digital design and prototyping including high speed interconnects and EMI noise reduction. Past projects include peripherals for the HP 71B, automated vision system, inkjet printer subsystems, tachometer input and racing transmission instrumentation circuits. Mark has been responsible for inkjet printer cost reductions, printer carriage boards, and copy machine scan bars. Skills include C, QuickBasic, Adatek State Logic, programming for PMAC controllers and a sprinkling of PLC ladder logic. Mark has designed and built custom manufacturing equipment, managed outsourced design projects, and qualified designs through EMI, ESD and Environmental test cycles in addition to taking designs through the complete design lifecycle. Mark earned his BSEE from Oregon State University.