I'm an adjunct lecturer in higher-ed and have spoken at universities, conferences, and more. My topics include emotional communication, product management, tech, and more. My talks are interactive, because attention spans are short these days. Reach out for me to speak.
Lecturer — Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025
MISM 2301. Freshman-level. Examines the strategic role of information systems in the enterprise and the functions, advantages, impacts, and risks that organization faces.
Facilitator — Spring 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024, Winter 2025
OB 374. MBA students. The course delivers a highly personalized learning experience with the ultimate goal of creating more productive, professional relationships.
Lecturer — Winter 2025
MSEI 512. Master's-level. Product Engineering is aimed at giving non-technical business students the ability to understand how engineers think, approach and solve problems, and ultimately, view the world around them.
Stanford Graduate School of Business — Spring 2025
University of San Francisco — Winter 2025
Stanford GSB | June 2020 • Stanford University | November 2018 • Yale University | October 2018 • WeWork Philadelphia | May 2018 • Duke University | April 2018 • Yale University | April 2018 • Princeton University | March 2018
Yale School of Management | September 2019
UCSF | March 2019 • Yale | Feb 2019 • CIIS | June 2018 • CIIS | February 2018
CIIS | June 2018
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | January 2018
Google Tokyo | July 2016
Princeton University | October 2016
Stephen is CEO and co-founder of Exponent, the best place to advance your tech career. Stephen is also a lecturer at Northeastern University and University of San Francisco, and facilitates Stanford Graduate School of Business's infamous 'Touchy feely' interpersonal dynamics class.
Stephen graduated with an MBA from Stanford GSB and summa cum laude from Princeton's Computer Science Department. He is also the founder of the world's largest mental health hackathon, HackMentalHealth. Previously, Stephen was a product manager at Google.
Stephen writes about product management, facilitating thought-provoking experiences, and paradoxical ideas. His work has been featured in Time, The Verge, Forbes, NY Mag, and more.