Short Bio
Steven Coochin is a technology leader, company director 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 Co-CEO and CTO of a startup in stealth 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, company director 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.
He has held executive roles including Chief Innovation Officer at Lilypad Network and Chief Technical Officer at Sniip, and has built university courses with RMIT Online.
Today, Steve is Co-CEO and CTO of a startup in stealth, Technical Director at Clermont Digital, the boutique agency he co-founded with partner Emma, and a Director of The Coochin Company. He is also the creator of MysteryOS, a puzzle-survival game on Steam, and co-founder of PlotPlan.land and FeedFinda.
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.