Stephen Hauser, FIDSA

Hauser received his BA in Industrial Design in 1961 and his MA in 1963, both from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He began his career in industrial design at Ampex Computer Corporation in 1962 and moved on to become director of industrial design at Dashew Business Machines and then director of industrial design at Casady Engineering before forming Hauser, Inc. in 1966.

Hauser, Inc. was founded as an engineering-oriented industrial design consultancy--perhaps the first such independent firm of its type in the nation. Hauser, Inc. grew to include more than 65 industrial designers, mechanical engineers, user-centered research specialists, a marketing staff and color and graphic professionals supported by a model/prototype staff and complete in-house prototype fabrication shop in a 26,000 square foot facility.

Hauser was among the top-ten design consultancies selected by Business Week each year from the onset of Business Week's involvement with IDSA until Hauser Inc. was sold in 1999 to an East Coast holding company.  Steve Hauser retired in 2002. He can be reached via e-mail at sghretired@sbcglobal.net.