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Jonathan Stull

President & Chief Operating Officer, Handshake · Handshake AI

Garrett Lord's long-time number two, who joined Handshake in 2015 and has held product, finance (CFO until May 2022), legal and marketing roles. Now President & COO across the combined career-network and AI business.

high confidenceAt Handshake AI since 2015Updated 2026-09-19

Background

Unusual path: waiter in DC, then the 9/11 Commission (speechwriting/comms), Citigroup emerging-markets banking, and private equity at Actis across India, Africa and China. Then Lookout (intern to senior director of consumer product in three years) and business development at Flipboard before joining Handshake as its first product manager.

What they run now

Company-wide operations and the employer side. He positions Handshake as the place employers find 'AI-ready talent' (Access 2026).

Career

  1. presentPresident & COO, Handshake
  2. 2015First PM; later CFO (to May 2022), head of legal, CMO, Handshake
  3. Business development, Flipboard
  4. Intern → Senior Director, Consumer Product, Lookout
  5. Private equity, Actis
  6. Emerging-markets banking, Citigroup
  7. Speechwriting/communications, 9/11 Commission

On the record

AI and hiring · 2026

Says Handshake is now where employers find AI-ready talent, while the most important decisions stay human. source

Interviews & talks

Connections

Why it matters here

Operational owner, but the AI unit has its own C-suite (Bhaiwala, Zhao, Field), so he has limited direct relevance to taste data.

How to reach

Not a first contact for Julian.

What we could not establish
  • Education and exact start date as President; LinkedIn URL not found.

Sources

  1. Handshake: About us (leadership list)
  2. Between Two COOs: Handshake COO Jonathan Stull
  3. Handshake: A word from Handshake's President (Access 2026)
  4. Crunchbase: Jonathan Stull