Speaking & Press

I’ve spoken at conferences, webinars, universities, and hackathons. My speaking topics include product management, minimalism, alternative lifestyles, mental health + technology, technology ethics, facilitation and weird parties, and paradoxes. Reach out for me to speak about any of these topics and more at my contact form.

Bio

Stephen is CEO and co-founder of Exponent, the best place to advance your tech career. Stephen has conducted thousands of interview prep sessions with Exponent and is a product management thought leader who has presented at Google, WeWork, Duke, Yale and more.

Stephen graduated 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, which takes place in San Francisco. Previously, Stephen was a product manager at Google.

Stephen blogs about product management, facilitating thought-provoking experiences, and paradoxical ideas. His work has been featured in Time, The Verge, Ars Technica, SF Gate, The Next Web, NY Mag, and more.

Past Speaking Engagements

Ace your Product Management Internship
Stanford GSB
June 2020

Product Buds
Ace your PM Interview
June 2020

Yale School of Management
How to Ace your Tech Interview
September 2019

HackMentalHealth UCSF
Opening and Closing Ceremony
March 2019

HackMentalHealth Yale
Closing Ceremony
February 2019

Stanford University
No-BS Guide to Product Management
November 2018

Yale University
Everything You Need to Know About Product Management
October 2018

Pragmatic Leaders
Product Management Workshop
July 2018

Upward Hartford
The No-BS Guide to Product Management Interactive Workshop
July 2018

California Institute of Integral Studies
Reverse Hackathon Keynote
June 2018

California Institute of Integral Studies
PM Skill Development Workshop
June 2018

WeWork Philadelphia
The No-BS Guide to Product Management Interactive Workshop
May 2018

Duke University
The No-BS Guide to Product Management Interactive Workshop
April 2018

Yale University
The No-BS Guide to Product Management Interactive Workshop
April 2018

Princeton University Entrepreneurship Club
The No-BS Guide to Product Management Interactive Workshop
March 2018
Testimonial: “The most useful career talk I’ve been to”

Princeton University ACM & Princeton Women in Computer Science
All Your Questions about Product Management
March 2018

California Institute of Integral Studies
Hack Mental Health Opening Keynote
February 2018