Global Engineering & Technology Executive
Steven W. Rogers
Physicist · Inventor · Engineering Leader · Technology Advisor
Executive leadership grounded in hands-on technical depth.
A note about me: I hope you see me as an experienced technologist and versatile inventor with a passion for creating and enabling intelligent machines to interact with our human world. I am educated and trained as a physicist, engineer, programmer, electronics designer, team builder and leader. I have been paid to design and/or work with robotics, aircraft systems, specialized audio/video servers, image recognition, precision sensors, artificial intelligence/inference engines, user interface/user experience design, RF communications systems and networking. I have over 55 issued U.S. patents and many more pending. I play basketball, cook, love my family and have fun in everything I do. Please continue below to find out much more …….
I am a global engineering and technology executive with 35+ years of engineering leadership and 25+ years of executive leadership experience building multinational organizations, shaping innovation strategy, and converting advanced technologies into commercially successful products. My leadership experience includes worldwide research and development across 13 multidisciplinary engineering teams in seven countries, supporting 31 commercial product families.
Educated as a physicist and experienced as an engineer, programmer, electronics designer, inventor, and executive, I connect enterprise priorities with deep technical judgment. My work spans artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, embedded systems, precision sensing, structured-light measurement, advanced imaging, RF communications, distributed computing, cloud-connected platforms, enterprise software, and human-machine interfaces across automotive, aerospace, and industrial-equipment markets.
I am an inventor on more than 60 issued U.S. patents, with numerous corresponding international patents. I remain passionate about developing technologies that improve safety, productivity, usability, and customer experience. Away from the work, I enjoy basketball, cooking, family, and bringing a sense of fun to what I do.
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Blue Note Innovations
Blue Note Innovations helps industrial, manufacturing, machinery, automation, and technology-driven companies turn complex technical ideas into practical, scalable products and systems. The practice brings together executive engineering leadership and deep technical judgment across product strategy, AI, sensing, machine vision, organizational development, technology roadmaps, and commercialization.
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Issued U.S. Patents
Selected issued U.S. patents reflecting decades of innovation in precision measurement, computer vision, embedded systems, networking, distributed computing, automotive diagnostics, and advanced user interfaces.
U.S. Patent # Patent Title
1. 5,054,918 Light System for Measurement of Orientation and Physical Features of a Workpiece
2. 5,103,595 Apparatus and Method for Reducing Vibration Characteristics in a Wheel Rim and Tire Assembly
3. 5,109,715 Location Designator for Wheel Service Machines
4. 5,201,224 Apparatus and Method for Sensing Unbalance Force and Location through Frequency Modulation
5. 5,208,646 Wheel Alignment System
6. 5,220,399 Wide Angle Wheel Alignment System
7. 5,307,279 Self Diagnostic Wheel Balancer
8. 5,385,045 Tire Changing and Balancing Machine
9. 5,592,383 Wheel Aligner Cordless Communications Unit
10. 5,602,733 Automotive Service Equipment Expert System
11. 5,734,569 Computer interface board for electronic automotive vehicle service equipment
12. 5,999,867 Computer interface board for electronic automotive vehicle service equipment
13. 6,085,428 Hands free automotive service system
14. 6,282,469 Computerized automotive service equipment using multipoint serial link data transmission protocols
15. 6,285,932 Computerized automotive service system (Internet connected)
16. 6,405,111 System and method for distributed computer automotive service equipment
17. 6,560,516 Method for conducting vehicle diagnostic analyses using distributed structure
18. 6,564,128 System and method for distributed computer automotive service equipment
19. 6,826,532 Hands free automotive service system
20. 6,859,699 Network-based method and system for distributing data
21. 7,307,737 Three-dimensional (3D) measuring with multiple reference frames
22. 7,313,869 Vehicle wheel alignment system and methodology
23. 7,369,222 Wheel Aligner Measurement Module Attachment System
24. 7,458,165 Vehicle wheel alignment system and methodology
25. 7,581,324 Wheel Alignment System Using Smart MEMS
26. 7,684,026 Fault tolerant wheel alignment head and system
27. 7,703,213 Vehicle wheel alignment system and methodology
28. 7,855,783 Improved integrated Circuit Image Sensor for Wheel Alignment Systems
29. 7,917,259 Distributed Vehicle Service Method and System
30. 7,937,844 Vehicle wheel alignment system and methodology
31. 8,032,279 Wheel alignment head and system with advanced power management
32. 8,073,586 Wireless network and methodology for automotive service systems
33. 8,353,456 Image-based inventory control system
34. 8,452,484 Wireless network and methodology for automotive service
35. 8,539,684 Vehicle wheel alignment system and methodology
36. 8,693,286 Position measurement for collision repair systems
37. 8,904,654 Vehicle wheel alignment system and methodology
38. 9,122,999 Image-based inventory control system
39. 9,577,866 Distributed vehicle service method and system
40. 9,587,934 Vehicle wheel alignment system and methodology
41. 9,626,559 Target marking for secure logo validation process
42. D782524 Display panel or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
43. D782525 Display panel or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
44. D783044 Display panel or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
45. D783669 Display panel or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
46. 10,072,926 Wheel aligner with advances diagnostic and no-stop positioning
47. 10,284,777 Self-calibrating multi-camera alignment system
48. 10,347,006 Vehicle wheel alignment methods and systems
49. 10,371,509 Wheel Aligner with advanced diagnostics and no-stop positioning
50. 10,473,458 Self-Calibrating Wheel Aligner with improved portability
51. 10,508,907 Wheel Aligner with advanced diagnostics and no-stop positioning
52. 10,567,650 Control system for a self-calibrating multi-camera alignment system
53. 10,670,392 Wheel aligner with advanced diagnostics and no-stop positioning
54. 10,692,241 Vehicle wheel alignment methods and systems
55. 11,073,381 Self-calibrating wheel aligner with improved portablity
56. 11,408,732 Wheel aligner with advanced diagnostics and no-stop positioning
57. 11,698,250 Wheel aligner with improved accuracy and no-stop positioning, using drive direction calculations