Leslie Stephens

Advisor | Head of Talent | Executive Search

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Experience

  • Advisor at Expa
    Jun 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 1 mo

    Started in 2013 by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp, Expa is a team of experienced founders and entrepreneurs dedicated to identifying the next big idea and partnering with the future generation of leaders to build great companies. Our partners have founded or led some of the most valuable and well-known companies including Uber, Twitter, LinkedIn, FourSquare, StumbleUpon, AddThis, MetroLyrics, and Envoy.

  • Head of Talent Acquisition at Hippo Insurance
    Jan 2021 - Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    (NYSE: HIPO) A proactive approach to homeowners insurance. Bundling modern coverage with smart home technology, and offering access to Hippo Home Care, Hippo keeps you one step ahead of problems so you can crush it as a homeowner. Learn more at Hippo.com.

  • Global Head of Recruiting at Fastly
    Jun 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

    (NYSE: FSLY) Founded in 2011, and having completed a successful IPO in 2019, Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables their customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers' applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. Fastly enables digital transformation and helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

  • Head of Talent at Neptune Financial Inc. (NepFin)
    Sep 2017 - Nov 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

    (acquired by Zilch 2021) Neptune Financial (NepFin) is a next-generation financial services company whose commercial lending platform provides growth capital to mid-sized American businesses. With our team's experience in technology, traditional leveraged finance, and online lending, we are poised to transform the way that middle market borrowers access debt financing. Based in San Francisco, NepFin is supported by the same early investors as SoFi, Funding Circle, Lending Club and Upgrade. For more information please visit www.nepfin.com.

  • LinkedIn (5 yrs)
    • Executive Search
      Jan 2016 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

      LinkedIn's executive search team is proud to be part of strategically building the company’s leadership talent through the power of LinkedIn’s recruiting tools and data, and our social recruiting expertise. It is our mission to identify and attract world-class leaders who will continue to transform LinkedIn towards our ultimate vision of creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.

    • Manager, Talent Acquisition
      Apr 2014 - Jan 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Led a high performing team of full-cycle technical and non-technical recruiters with sourcing & coordination dotted lined across the Chief Financial Officer's (CFO) organization. Including but not limited to the following pillars both domestic and global: FP&A, Business Operations, Consumer & Business Analytics, Corp Dev, Tax & Treasury, Internal Audit, Corporate Development, Business Development, Investor Relations, Legal and Facilities.

    • Lead Recruiter/Talent Advisor for Business Operations & Analytics
      Apr 2012 - Apr 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      The Business Operations team's mission is to enable business partners to drive results through objective analysis, operational insights and strategic initiatives. The global team is strategy, operations, and big data professionals covering sales and go-to-market strategy, sales optimization, corporate strategy, product performance management, growth and engagement, talent analytics, data and text mining, and analytics products.