Steve Hatten, who retired as the executive director of TechHelp in July 2024 after 25 years, died on July 30, 2025.
Hatten served TechHelp and Boise State as a visionary leader, mentor and champion of Idaho’s manufacturing community. He built lasting partnerships across industry and academia, led the creation of the New Product Development Lab in the College of Engineering and helped inspire what would later become Studio/blu — a student powered innovation space that continues to shape future leaders.
The Steve Hatten TechHelp Memorial Fund has been established to aid students pursuing careers that support manufacturing, ensuring continued support for TechHelp’s mission and the Boise State students he cared so deeply about.