Steven M. Ledbetter

(415) 350-8272

Emeryville, CA

Summary

Stevo is passionate about improving healthcare through the research, design, and execution of great products. For the past 10 years, he has recruited and led teams to create MVPs in health, education, and academia.

Employment

Habitry

2014.08 – Present

2014 – Present

CEO, Head of Product, Co-Founder

Work with product teams to improve customer engagement by 2x and retention by 10x.
Raised a $150,000 seed and recruited a team to create the first behavior change iOS app for health coaches.
Designed, shipped, and marketed multiple products for customers on 6 continents with a remote team in 4 times zones.

Coach Stevo, LLC

2008.11 – 2014.08

2008 – 2014

Head of Product, Founder

Created digital platforms that maintained multiple communities with hundreds of customers.
Participated in the the creation of the first national Health Coach Certification from National Association of Sport Medicine.
Authored 100+ articles for MyFitnessPal with 1,000,000+ shares on social media.

Six Apart

2008.07 – 2008.11

2008 – 2008

Online Marketing Manager

Managed a team of 3 people to surface, design, and deploy new features for the marketing web sites.
Implemented first A/B testing for Six Apart web properties.

Design Within Reach

2006.06 – 2008.07

2006 – 2008

Website Manager

Coordiated the multi-million dollar project to move the website from in house and hard-coded onto a CMS.

Awards

Panelist

Health Experience Design Conference

2017

Featured Presenter

Equinox High Performance Living

2016

Contributing Scholar

National Association of Sport Medicine

2015

Featured Presenter

National Association of Sport Psychology

2013

Publications

Motivating Humans

2019

A comprehensive, scientific guide to helping people stay motivated in a de-motivating world.

The Motivator

2017

An Annual Motivation Science Journal.

Habitry Starter Kit

2016

A 50-page guide for health coaches looking to get started in Habit-Based Coaching.

We Make Communities

2015

Practical behavior change strategies for health coaches from Social Psychology.

Education

John F. Kennedy University

2010 – 2012

Masters in Sport Psychology

University of Chicago

2001 – 2004

Bachelors in Philosophy

Harvard University

2001 – 2001

Undergraduate Coursework in Economics

Skills

Product Lead

Communication

Behavioral Psychology

Presenting

Writing

Front-End Development

Graphic Design

Projects

Habitry iOS App

Product Lead, UX, User Testing, Research

A cutting edge behavior change app for health coaches.

Recruited and lead a team of 7 across 4 time zones to research, design, ship, and market.
1,000+ users in 90 days.
72% daily adherence and 68% user retention for 365 days.

Habitry Professionals

Product Lead, UX, Front-End Development

The first evidence-based, behavior change education for health coaches.

Designed and created a proprietary LMS to deliver a year-long group education platform in support of Habitry iOS.
Built, maintained, and marketed with a team of 3 producing daily content
Sold product and co-developed platform into the largest behavior change education in the UK.

The Motivator

Product Lead, Graphic Design, Writing, Marketing, Front-End Development

A quarterly research review of Motivation Science.

Created and shipped the 58 page MVP in 17 days.
Read by thousands of health coaches every quarter.

Worklete Basics Course

UX, Writing, User Testing

Behavior change strategy and implementation.

Audited the previous version of the product for Motivation Science best-practices.
Delivered feedback as a workshop for the product team.
Coordiated product team on creation of the latest version of LMS.

Conversa Chatbot Style Guide

UX, User Testing, Writing

Behavior change science strategy and style guide.

Audited product for adherence to Motivation Science best practices.
Developed a workshop on Motivation Science and Design for the product team.
Created a Behavior Change Style Guide to coordinate the chatbot writing team.