Stan is one of the founding members of KI Investment Holdings, LLC and leads that company. Formed early in 2006, KI is an investment experiment in long-term principles.

Stan is also the founder and CEO of HRG, Inc. Formed in 1989, HRG has provided organizational, operational, human resources and strategic consulting to over 1,200 clients. HRG’s service assets were acquired by RSM McGladrey in 1999, and Stan continued with RSM until October of 2004. During his tenure with RSM, Stan was a Senior Partner, leading the southern California strategy and organizational consulting practice, comprised of four offices and serving clients throughout the western U.S. as well as other states. Stan left RSM in 2004 to continue with HRG and to form KI Investments. HRG is now a center for business advisory services, providing consulting to clients of all types in strategy, organizational development, human resources and executive leadership development. Mr. Paul Billimoria is now President of HRG and leads that company.

Stan also formed two other companies. In 1990, he launched Emlyn Systems, a software company publishing a human resources information system. In 1991 he co-founded Chromagen, a biotechnology company creating proprietary assays for drug research.

Prior to his entrepreneurial adventures, Stan held senior management positions in operations and human resources. He was manufacturing director for TRW’s LSI products division in San Diego. LSI was the first company to produce one-micron analog-to-digital converters and high-speed digital signal processors in CMOS. Stan was also operations director for Elm Corporation, a salmon fishery in Bethel, Alaska. Stan has held human resources, operational management and technical sales positions with such companies as Martin Marietta Aluminum, Smith International, TRW and Mycogen Corporation.

Stan holds an M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from California State University, Long Beach, and a B.A. in Psychology from San Diego State University.

Stan authors a weekly column on various issues in business for the San Diego Daily Transcript, entitled "Notes from the Corporate Underground" and has written a book of the same title, published in 2005. He is a frequent speaker at professional and trade organizations. He was a faculty instructor for UCSD’s Extension School of Engineering for five years, teaching a course in technical group leadership.

Stan has served as director of several organizations as well, ranging in size from $5 million to $200 million in annual revenue: Chairman of the Board, Elixir Industries; Director of Sabia Inc., Beam One, LLC, Helix Environmental Planning, The Window Factory, the Corporate Directors Forum, and others.

Personal interests include teaching the martial art of Kenpo and playing bass in a local rock band, "Rhino".