Speaker Spotlights

Our upcoming speakers for the 天美传媒 Cox Executive Leadership Speaker Series are featured below. Read more, and join us for these great upcoming fireside chats!



Stephen Gillett

Chairman, President and CEO, Verily

headshot of Stephen GillettStephen Gillett is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Verily, where he leads multi-disciplinary health, technology and business teams to advance the company's precision health purpose. Before his appointment as CEO, Stephen was Verily’s President & COO, overseeing engineering, business and commercial operations.

Prior to joining Verily, Stephen was co-founder and CEO of Chronicle, an Alphabet cybersecurity company that is now part of Google Cloud. He is an active advisor to GV and X. Prior to Alphabet, Stephen served as EVP, COO and board member at Symantec, a Fortune 500 Enterprise Technology Company. He also served as the EVP and President of Best Buy Digital and Business Operations, and was part of the founding Starbucks transformation leadership team as Chief Information Officer and General Manager of Digital Ventures.

Stephen sits on the Board of Directors for Discord and Dutch Bros. He was recognized by Amazon in 2019 as a best selling author for his book “From Simi Valley To Silicon Valley.” He holds an MBA from San Francisco State University and a BS from the University of Oregon.