Summary
Stepan Soukenik is a policy and experiences lead with a decade bridging emerging technologies and European public policy, currently shaping AI, wearables, and national security campaigns at Meta. He built Meta’s policy experiences function in Europe into a company-wide blueprint, translating product capabilities into compelling, government-facing narratives and strategic partnerships. His background spans govtech expansion, communications consultancy, and academia—teaching comparative government communication while supervising top-scoring theses. Comfortable at the intersection of product, policy, and politics, he has a track record of integrating AI models into public sector workflows and engaging policymakers across 20+ CEE countries. A founder-turned-strategist who started his career designing and coding websites, he brings a rare combination of technical fluency, media savvy, and scholarly rigor to complex policy challenges.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MA Political Communication, MA Political Communication at University of Leeds
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Marketing Communication & Public Relations, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Marketing Communication & Public Relations at Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University
Department of Business Studies, Department of Business Studies at Uppsala University
PhD Communication, PhD Communication at Charles University
Erasmus Exchange Political Communication Digital Media, Erasmus Exchange Political Communication Digital Media at Loughborough University
English, Czech, French, German