Steve CadiganSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

His expertise include supporting high-growth firms with change management, acquisition integration, translating culture into a strategic advantage, managing and growing in hyper-growth, and effectively transitioning organizations through IPOs. Steve has over 25 years of leadership and executive experience in global human resources, having worked in the United States, Canada, and Asia-Pacific in a number of companies.

He has managed global HR operations for more over 60 MA transactions at three global firms since 1998, and he has a thorough grasp of business cycles, trends, rapid growth, and what it takes to sustain a company.

The Wall Street Journal and Fortune Magazine have recognized the teams, cultures, and companies he has led and helped establish as remarkable, world-class performers throughout the course of his career.

Prior to founding his own firm, Steve worked as VP Talent at LinkedIn from 2009 to 2012, transitioning the company from a private enterprise with 400 workers to an IPO and the powerhouse that it is today with over 5,000 people.

Steve's breakthrough work as the CEO in charge of culture, leadership, people, and organizational development at LinkedIn is generally regarded as THE textbook example of how a business can utilize its culture to grow profitably in record time.

Steve's efforts in developing the LinkedIn culture prompted Stanford University to create a case study about it, which is now taught to their business students. Steve was the VP of Human Resources at Electronic Arts from 2004 to 2009, and the Global VP of Human Resources at PMC-Sierra from 1998 to 2004.

Prior to this, Steve was Director of Human Resources for the Cisco Asia Pacific region (based in Singapore) and Director of Human Resources MA, where he assisted Cisco in building its renowned MA integration team, where he led over 50 acquisitions and was recognized for leading global acquisition integration practices.

Steve has a BA in History from Wesleyan University and an MA in Human Resources Development from the University of San Francisco. Today, he is a highly sought after speaker and adviser, lecturing at institutions such as Stanford University, The Ivey School of Business in Shanghai, IESE in Barcelona, and the University of Sydney.

In addition to teaching, Steve advises fast-growing tech companies such as Twitter and some of Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firms such as Andreesen Horowitz and Greylock, and serves on the advisory boards of numerous companies in the Talent Space that are experiencing rapid growth or developing disruptive products.

Making Culture Your Competitive Advantage, The Future of Recruiting, Leadership Culture, The LinkedIn Story, and Why You Should Run To, Not Away From Social Networks are among recent presentations.