Summary
Steve Trefethen is a seasoned software leader and founder with 11 years of recent experience building scalable cloud-native products, developer tooling, and engineering teams from the ground up. As Founder & CEO of CommuteDash he combines hands-on architecture and full-stack implementation (AWS, TypeScript, GraphQL) with product-driven insights into real-time transportation data, while prior roles at VMware saw him grow API quality tooling and developer experience platforms to millions of page views. He has led distributed R&D organizations, shipped SDKs and OpenAPI-driven ecosystems, and repeatedly translated complex platform requirements into pragmatic, production-ready systems. Based in Scotts Valley, CA, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with deep experience in observability, CI-driven workflows, and API governance. Outside work he’s an avid mountain biker and weight lifter, reflecting a focus on endurance and incremental progress that carries into his engineering style.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at University of Maine