Dean Mcpherson
Co-Founder at Stepper
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDean Mcpherson is a founder-led software entrepreneur with 12 years of engineering experience, best known for co-founding Paperform and scaling it to $3.5M ARR over seven years without external funding. He combines hands-on product and engineering chops—from early mobile and full-stack roles to shipping React Native UI improvements—with strategic growth and team-building, now leading a second venture, Stepper. Based in Sydney, he balances rapid B2B SaaS iteration with practical, no-fluff growth advice and a bias toward profitable, bootstrapped businesses. Outside work he’s unusually practiced at juggling priorities—he and his co-founder wife raised five kids while building a remote-first team of 20+.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Sydney
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
javascript10
mobile-development10
react-native10
ui-components10
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
react6
css6
ios6
npm6
nodejs6
angularjs6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
deanmcpherson/react-native-sortable-listview
Feb 2016 - Feb 2017
Drag drop capable wrapper of ListView for React Native
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:40 commits, 15 PRs, 36 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Dean primarily contributed to the React Native project, as the commits demonstrate modifications to the core `index.js` file, which likely contains the primary logic for the sortable list component. The commits include implementing features such as long-press actions, adding rowHasChanged comparisons, and fixing overscroll issues, indicating a focus on improving the component's functionality and user experience. The changes indicate an involvement with UI component development and lifecycle management within the React Native environment.
reactreact-nativeandroiddropdrag-drop
deanmcpherson/angular-inline-style
Feb 2014 - Oct 2015
Contributions:3 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year 7 months
directorinlineinline-styleangularvariables
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