Sean Stephens

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

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Sean Stephens is a veteran technology founder and CEO with over 25 years building startups, developer tools, and large-scale web platforms from concept to market. He founded and leads multiple companies including Treefrog Inc., PerfectlySoft (creator of the server-side Swift framework Perfect), Treefrog Accelerator, and LassoSoft, combining deep full-stack engineering with product and mentorship for early-stage ventures. Sean blends hands-on technical leadership in programming, AI, and IoT with proven entrepreneurial outcomes—award-winning ventures, successful Kickstarter campaigns, and active angel investing. His unconventional background—from Shakespearean acting and world-record tree planting to living across four continents and founding one of Canada’s leading startup accelerators—gives him rare cross-disciplinary creativity and resilience. A gifted communicator and connector, he leverages an extensive global network to help founders scale and navigate hard technical, product, and go-to-market challenges.

10 years of coding experience

St. John's College

B.A. Honours, Political Science, B.A. Honours, Political Science at Carleton University

Borrowdale Private School

Post Secondary Diploma, Religious Studies, Post Secondary Diploma, Religious Studies at BLTS

Github Skills (31)

server-side10

mbaas10

ios10

website-development10

perfect10

back-end-development10

appstoreconnect10

arkit10

storekit10

server-side-swift10

api10

ios-animation10

in-app-purchase10

leancloud10

swift10

Programming languages (1)

Swift

Github contributions (5)

Treefrog/Handbook

Dec 2016 - Dec 2019

Contributions:144 commits, 24 PRs, 116 pushes in 3 years

handbookemployee-handbook

radex/Perfect

Nov 2015 - Dec 2015

Contributions:40 commits in 6 days

perfectswiftiosback-end-developmentserver-side

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