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Kenny Mendes

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Chief People Officer at Superhuman
📍 Mountain View, California, United States

Kenny Mendes is the Chief People Officer at Superhuman, having previously held COO and other leadership roles at Coda where he managed Finance, HR, Operations, and Legal. He began his career in recruiting, notably scaling Box from 40 to over 1, 200 employees. Colleagues describe him as analytical, a "rockstar, " and compassionate.

Outside of his executive roles, Kenny is deeply involved in the startup ecosystem as an angel investor and the founder of "Startup Hiring, " a course designed to help founders build exceptional teams. In his spare time, he enjoys being with his wife and two kids and is an avid golfer.

He is a self-described "reference snob, " refusing to make any hire without thoroughly checking references first.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Chief People Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Mountain View, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Kenny shows up

Values Relationships
Assertive
Achievement-Oriented

They are more likely to be open to unproven but exciting technologies. They do not mind taking risks and can make hard decisions, if necessary. They will bat for you if they come to believe in you.

Priorities

Topics Kenny cares about

Startup Hiring
He founded a cohort-based course called "Startup Hiring" to help founders and company-builders become great at hiring.
Building Startups
He was an early employee at both Coda and Box, playing an integral role in scaling both companies from early stages to multi-billion dollar valuations.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Chief People Officer
Superhuman
2-2025
Chief People Officer
Grammarly
2-2015
COO
Coda
2-2021
Founder
Startup Hiring
5-2019
Angel Investor
First Round Capital
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Media appearances

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Education
2005 - 2008
Bachelors
University of California, Berkeley
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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