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A young African American man, Stan wears his black hair short and spiked and sports both a beard and a mustache. Line tattoos run down his left arm.

Brash and full of himself, Stan loves to advertise his own skill and bristles at the taunting nickname Clown, a name he flatly rejects. He much prefers the short form Stan to his full designation, and he rarely keeps his views to himself, whether he is second-guessing the plan or bragging about what he can deliver.

GHOST, a band of mercenaries, takes Stan on for a contract defending a California town against a raider assault. He is first shown aboard a truck with Saito while Batou drives; the Major hacks him to size up the new arrival, learns his name, and promptly pins the nickname Clown on him, a term he does not yet grasp. Combat finds them fast as armed vehicles close in, and his poor marksmanship earns ribbing from a Tachikoma.

As the operation unfolds, GHOST scouts the enemy, links up with a contact called Obsidian, and pushes through cyber dogs, tanks, and hijacked drones to shield a wealthy target. John Smith then strikes a bargain that forces the crew into virtual-reality combat drills before steering them to the estate of Patrick Huge, the backer who had armed the raiders in the first place. Stan draws Ishikawa as his partner inside the mansion, and when Huge is hacked into firing on everyone, Ishikawa tackles Stan and cyberlocks him clear of the crossfire.

After GHOST breaks up, Stan walks away, but not before the Major quietly edits his recollection of events to keep him safe, telling Batou she has hidden the real memories inside his payment file, reachable by one password should she ever need him. Come the second season, once he learns the American Empire built the Post-humans using the NSA's AI 1A84, Stan turns his back on his homeland and refuses to serve it any longer. He resurfaces soon after as one of Section 9's freshest members, brought aboard at the same time as Purin Ezaki.