Summary & Highlights
Sue Bethanis hosts Alan Stein, Founder, CEO & Chief Accelerator of Kadima Careers.
Alan has dedicated himself to helping professionals, particularly those from underrepresented groups, build powerful networks and land transformative roles at the world’s leading tech companies.
Sue and Alan discuss:
- The power of networking and building your circle of influence
- Strategies for maintaining authentic connections during career transitions
- How to leverage your network during industry shifts
- How to build influence in an increasingly digital world
Guest Profile
Alan Stein is Founder, CEO & Chief Accelerator of Kadima Careers and has had a nearly 30-year career as a global leader spanning some of the best companies in the world at which he interviewed thousands, and hired hundreds, of candidates. After graduating from Columbia Business School in 2005, he held leadership roles in marketing at American Express, operations at Google, data management at Facebook, and customer success at Salesforce.
Alan is now in his sixth distinct career as an entrepreneur where he teaches job seekers — particularly those in underrepresented groups — a learnable skill: how to land a great job making good money at the world’s best tech companies. His company, Kadima, continues to evolve its methods in this regard, including 1:1 coaching and group bootcamps initially to more recently developing software and instructional content to deliver more impact.
Resources
- Podcast: The Steer Your Career Podcast
- Website: kadimacareers.com/
- Connect on LinkedIn
Last Episode

- EP 91
- 11/19/24
- Design Thinking / Creativity / Innovation (AI)