User:Sjbaines/sandbox

thumb|Stephen at Christmas 2018 with his wife Samantha

Stephen Baines (born, 1986) is an English futurist, technology innovator, mindfulness practitioner, author and running enthusiast. As of October 2017, he has served as an Innovation Executive for Salesforce.com since 2017

Personal history
Baines was born in 1986 in Doncaster, England. He received his education through public schools as a high-end performer. After graduating, he moved to Newcastle in 2004 to begin studies in Computing Science and Information Systems (BSc)

Following a gap year working for Nissan Motors UK in 2006, Stephen graduated with an Upper 2:1. He later moved further South to Sheffield and later Doncaster with his wife

Employment
He joined Hewlett Packard in 2008 on their Graduate Scheme before later moving into the Business Consulting division as a Management Consultant in 2010. After quick-succession promotions within the first three years, he later left the business to join Salesforce's developing Transformation Services business