Start-Ups & How They Create A Thriving Culture. Hear from Lyft, Pinterest and Stripe.

Every startup has its secrets. Hear how Lyft, Pinterest and Stripe implement and retain a dynamic employee community. Go behind the scenes with the University of San Francisco School of Management at Lyft's headquarters in the Mission.

Speakers
Claire Hughes Johnson, COO at Stripe
Claire is responsible for scaling Stripe's worldwide operations to meet the needs of its rapidly growing user base. Before joining Stripe, Claire led a number of product and operations teams at Google, ranging from Google Self-Driving Cars to Gmail, Google Checkout, Google Apps and Google Offers.

Michael DeAngelo, Head of People at Pinterest
Michael has led the People function for Pinterest for the last 2 years. He came to Pinterest via Google where he led HR for the majority of the Tech organization as well as being Head of People for Europe/Middle-East/Africa region for Google based in Zurich. Before Google, Michael was an HRVP at Pepsico in New York and Chicago. His earlier roles included leadership positions in Compensation, Labor Relations, and Org Development for Microsoft, Merck and AlliedSignal.

Ron Storn, VP of People at Lyft
USF School of Management Alumnus, Class of 1991
Ron has more than 20 years of experience in People roles and currently leads recruiting and human resources at Lyft. Most recently, Ron was a senior recruiting leader at Facebook and Google. Previously, Ron founded Targus Human Capital Partners, a boutique executive search firm. Ron began his career as a CPA with KPMG

Moderator
Neil Walshe, USF Professor & Organizational Psychologist
Professor Walshe explores the processes and mechanisms through which organizations function... and sometimes fail to function. His principle aim is to try and better understand the experience of work at both the individual and organizational level. While his primary research investigates the role of ethics in such contentious industry sectors as armaments and defense, his interests extend towards how employee psychology and behavior combine to shape organizational culture.

Now available in over 65 cities, Lyft is an app for welcoming, affordable rides in minutes. As the first peer-to-peer service, Lyft launched in 2012 with a vision to reconnect people and communities through better transportation. Last year, with their introduction of Lyft Line, the first shared ride option, Lyft made significant progress towards their mission: to fill empty car-seats, lessen the number of cars on the road, and ultimately decrease congestion. As a people-powered movement, Lyft is uniquely focused on creating a welcoming in-ride experience for both the driver and passenger. Lyft drivers are every-day people, filling the empty seats in their personal cars by giving rides to others in their spare time.

Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool that helps you discover and save creative ideas. With over 30 billion pins – yes billion. Pinterest is one of the top traffic sources to retailers’ websites. The evolution of Pinterest is based on the shared interest of its users and relies on its members to produce the content. Today they are the 3rd largest social network behind Facebook & Twitter.

As consumers change their behavior and move their shopping from stores to online, Stripe’s innovative technology lets websites accept payment from anybody. Whether buyers are using a credit card, Bitcoin, or Apple Pay, Stripe has an easy to use interface for developers to customize. Stripe is listed as one of the best companies on Glassdoor, with a 5 out of 5 rating as reviewed by their employees.