# Stephen J. Bisset

> Stephen James Bisset, known professionally as Steve Bisset, is an Australian-born electrical engineer and entrepreneur based in Palo Alto. He co-founded and led semiconductor test-equipment company Megatest, contributed to touchpad patents, and co-founded Terrajoule Corporation in 2009. He now serves as CEO, director and co-founder of Terrajoule Energy Inc., which is developing dispatchable solar generation and thermal energy storage.

- **Role:** CEO, Director & Co-Founder at Terrajoule Energy Inc.
- **Organizations:** Terrajoule Energy Inc., Terrajoule Corporation, Megatest Corporation, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Synaptics, Logitech
- **Nationality:** Australian
- **Education:** Degree in electrical engineering, California Institute of Technology, Telopea Park High School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and served as CEO of Megatest, which became a Nasdaq-listed company under MEGT., Co-inventor of US patent 5,825,352 on multiple-finger touch sensing., Co-inventor listed on WO2023230717A1, a solar concentrator energy harvesting system patent application.

## Career timeline

- **1969** — Traveled along the US East Coast selling Australian surfboard samples before attending Caltech.
- **1973** — Graduated from Caltech and joined Hewlett-Packard’s integrated-circuit design group.
- **1974** — Joined Intel’s microprocessor engineering group.
- **1975** — Co-founded Megatest with Howard Marshall.
- **1978** — Published a technical article describing the Megatest Q8000’s reference-device testing method.
- **1998** — US patent 5,825,352 issued, naming Bisset and Bernard Kasser as inventors of a multiple-finger touch-sensing method.
- **2009** — Co-founded Terrajoule Corporation.
- **2013** — Terrajoule announced an $11.5 million Series A; Bisset was its co-founder and CEO.
- **2023** — Listed as an industry contributor to the US Department of Energy’s thermal energy storage strategy assessment.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and served as CEO of Megatest, which became a Nasdaq-listed company under MEGT.
- Co-inventor of US patent 5,825,352 on multiple-finger touch sensing.
- Co-inventor listed on WO2023230717A1, a solar concentrator energy harvesting system patent application.
- Led the restart of Terrajoule Corporation as Terrajoule Energy Inc.

## Latest updates

- **2023-07** — The US Department of Energy named Steve Bisset of Terrajoule Energy Inc. among industry contributors to its thermal energy storage strategy assessment.
- **2023-12** — Solar concentrator energy harvesting application WO2023230717A1 was published with Stephen James Bisset among its inventors.

## Links

- Website: https://www.terrajoule.energy/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-bisset-5796a

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