Summary
Steve Pepple is a designer-technologist and co-founder with 13 years of experience building civic-focused products that connect people to better urban mobility and city experiences. As Head of Product at Vibemap and principal consultant, he blends user research, UX design, prototyping, mapping, data visualization, and web development to help governments, startups, and nonprofits turn civic data into usable services. His background spans engineering and UX leadership at companies like Symantec and MobileIron, giving him fluency from code to strategy. Based in San Francisco, he also serves as Vice President of the San Francisco Transit Riders board, reflecting a hands-on commitment to transit advocacy beyond product work. Trained in information science and interaction design, he brings a hybrid of storytelling (journalism) and technical rigor to complex civic problems. Notably, he translates mapping and mobility data into compelling interfaces that influence both policy conversations and everyday commutes.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - Information Science Information Systems, Master of Science - Information Science Information Systems at Drexel University
Certificate of Completion Interaction Design, Certificate of Completion Interaction Design at Cooper U - Interaction Design
Certificate of Completion Computer Science, Certificate of Completion Computer Science at Udacity/Stanford Online Courses
B.A. English Journalism, B.A. English Journalism at Purdue University Fort Wayne