Stephen Jon Thompson is a distinguished leader and Tech Executive whose job it is to find the most elite talent in artificial intelligence for the world’s most cutting-edge technology & consumer companies - Including; Nike, Amazon, LinkedIn, Apple & Google.

So, it might be reasonable to assume Stephen was born into a beautiful family, with a silver spoon in his mouth, had an IVY league education & that his stratospheric career trajectory was written in the stars.  

But this is BRAVE JOURNEYS  my friends & we all know by now that that’s not how this extraordinary man’s life began.

You see, at nine years of age, Stephen was abandoned with his four younger siblings in a Nevada motel by his drug-addicted mother.  His childhood was filled with abuse, violence, a revolving door of men, neglect, foster homes, Juvenile Hall, & a poverty so extreme, its seriously remarkable he survived.  And yet, he has done so much more than just that.

Today, apart from being a giant in the tech recruitment space, Stephen is a board member of Students Rising Above a not-for-profit organisation that is dedicated to the cultivation & development of extraordinary youth who are low-income, 1st generation college students who’ve demonstrated a deep commitment to education & strength of character in overcoming tremendous odds of poverty, homelessness & neglect. 

This is Stephen’s story…

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CREDITS:

Creator, Host & Executive Producer: Tammi Faraday

With thanks to my special guest: Stephen Jon Thompson

Audio Editor: Zoltan Fecso

With very special thanks to George Weinberg and Ursula Ferguson

BRAVE JOURNEYS acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we record this podcast on, the Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrungwho are part of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders, both past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.