Ronald Stephens is the former president of Q-Tech Corporation. He has degrees in Physics, Math, and Operations Research and 47 years of experience in the crystal oscillator industry. He is the former EIA's Piezoelectric Products Group chairman and the Piezoelectric Conference and Exhibition. In 2017 the IEEE Frequency Control Symposium awarded him the C.B. Sawyer Memorial Award "For decades of entrepreneurial leadership in the frequency control industry.