Stephen Kennedy is an experienced professional in talent acquisition and people operations, having held significant roles at companies such as Cruise, where responsibilities included Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition for Hardware, and management of teams focused on Hardware, Simulation, Security, Safety, and Systems. Stephen also contributed to X, the moonshot factory, and served as a Recruiting Coordinator for Special Projects at Google. Additionally, Stephen is the Founder of SM Kennedy Consulting and a Founding Recruiter at Numeric. Academically, Stephen holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Geography and English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Boston University.