Summary
Stephen Poletto is a technology executive and Field CTO based in San Francisco with 14 years of experience scaling engineering, product, design, and security teams up to 200 people. He helped grow Lattice from $15M to $125M ARR and expand a single product into a multi-product suite while growing engineering headcount fivefold, and now leads GTM at Span after advising startups on scaling challenges. His background spans hands-on engineering roles at Dropbox through senior leadership, giving him fluency from code to boardroom and a knack for aligning product strategy with technical execution. Active in the startup ecosystem and nonprofit governance, he combines pragmatic scaling playbooks with a habit of surfacing organizational levers—hiring, structure, and execution—that drive reliable growth.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at Brown University