Stephen Apple

Cofounded and bootstrapped the company to fill a niche market need. Developed hardware products and cloud software. Acquired 1.4 M total revenue in three years following product launch.

• Created all hardware products.
• Sourced reputable suppliers, created and managed supply chain.
• Identified roles and divided responsibilities with my cofounder.
• Oversaw manufacturing and quality assurance.
• Hired a small team of subcontractors for manufacturing, support, sales.
• Set and maintained quality assurance level for our product manufacturing.
• Created hardware and software products.
• Rolled out the hardware and software commercially.
• Visited customers nationwide for installation and support.

Developed a business to business SaaS CMS and marketed to music companies for artist brand management. Worked closely with companies like Sony BMG and Orchard Music to develop a centralized system with custom plugins to individually manage artist domains (website content & design, texting campaigns, and rewards programs).

• Developed a drag and drop web interface for content management.
• Developed a customizable theme interface for designers to use.
• Designed the API.
• LAMP stack.
• Discovery meeting with Sony BMG Music Entertainment, New York City office.
• Discovery meeting with Orchard Music, New York City office.

Developed a SaaS white label video streaming service used by businesses, government, and nonprofit organizations. Created a workflow for customers to create live streams on-demand, now available at 155 points of presence worldwide.

• LAMP stack.
• Designed the API.
• AWS EC2, S3, & CloudFront.