Short Bio
Steven Coochin is a technology leader, startup CEO and developer community advocate with 30+ years in software. Known globally as DeveloperSteve, he has delivered 291 conference talks worldwide, authored 600+ technical articles and built enterprise systems for companies including IBM and PayPal. Today, he is the CEO of AERIS and the Technical Director at Clermont Digital, operating entirely off-grid in Central Queensland.
Long Bio
Steven Coochin, known across the global tech community as DeveloperSteve, is a technology leader, startup CEO and developer advocate with more than three decades of experience building systems at the core of real businesses.
His career spans enterprise platforms and developer relations roles at IBM and PayPal, Xero, Telstra, Snyk, GitLab and Nginx, and 291 conference talks delivered to developer communities worldwide. He has authored more than 600 technical articles, blogs and tutorials, organised global hackathons including partnerships with the United Nations, and spent over a decade as a recognised voice in the international developer ecosystem.
Today, Steve is CEO of AERIS, an ERP platform purpose-built for Australian trade businesses, and Technical Director at Clermont Digital, the boutique agency he co-founded with partner Emma. He is also the creator of MysteryOS, a puzzle-survival game on Steam, and continues building at the intersection of software, IoT and automation.
He does all of it from a completely off-grid property outside Clermont in Central Queensland. The enterprise-grade experience did not go anywhere. Just the commute.