Tandy Executive Speaker Series

Stephen is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Verily Health, an independent precision health company whose AI-native Pre platform transforms multimodal health data into actionable insights, powering AI-driven research, personalized care, and better outcomes.

A proven entrepreneur and technology leader, Stephen co-founded Chronicle, the groundbreaking cybersecurity company spun out of X (the moonshot factory) at Alphabet. As its CEO, he guided the venture from inception to commercial success and profitability before its integration into Google Cloud. He brings more than 15 years of C-suite experience at some of the nation’s largest brands, including Symantec (EVP, COO, and board member), Best Buy (President of Digital, Marketing, and Business Services) and Starbucks (CIO and GM of Digital Ventures).

Stephen’s leadership has earned widespread recognition across technology, healthcare, and digital innovation. He has been named to Fortune’s “40 under 40,” CNNMoney’s “Executive Dream Team,” and the Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellows. In Dallas-Fort Worth, he has been recognized as one of D Magazine’s Most Powerful Business Leaders (Dallas 500) in both 2024 and 2025, and named to the 2025 AI 75 list of top AI leaders in North Texas. His healthcare impact includes Modern Healthcare’s “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” and the Healthcare Technology Report’s Top 25 Healthcare Technology COOs. Beyond the boardroom, WIRED magazine profiled him as an innovative Guild Master in World of Warcraft.

Stephen is married to his high school sweetheart. They live in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area with their eight children. He serves as an independent board member for Discord and Dutch Bros. He is the author of the 2019 Amazon bestselling memoir From Simi Valley to Silicon Valley.

Stephen holds an MBA from San Francisco State University and a BS from the University of Oregon, where he played football.

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