José Cong

Chief People Officer, Humane
José Cong, Humane

José Cong

Chief People Officer, Humane
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Biography

José has spent his career driving talent strategies behind some of the most recognized consumer electronics products in history. Initially, he supported well known companies at their earliest stages as a retained Executive Recruiter, he was a key vendor in scaling a small Nvidia as their preferred vendor. He spent the 2000’s organizing the talent growth behind iPod, iPhone, Special Projects Group and Advanced Technologies at Apple, in 2011, je joined Nest Labs as an early employee responsible for People Ops, Corp Dev, and Talent Acquisition. He helped to expand Nest from a garage startup into a $3.2B acquisition by Google. He co-founded Plause, an HR engagement measurement system, keynote speaker, and has worked with numerous Venture Capital firms and their portfolio startups and individuals as an advisor and coach before joining Humane as employee #21 as the Head of Talent, since then, he has transition into VP of Talent & Culture and today, he owns all people strategies as the Chief People Officer.

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