Steve McLeod ๐Ÿ”œ gamescom

Founder of Feature Upvote (player feedback platform). Author of Kill the HiPPO: How small, bootstrapped software companies decide what feature to build next.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

About

Hi there! I'm the founder of Feature Upvote, a web app that helps video game studios manage player feedback. I've been building software for a couple of decades. Fortunately, I enjoy it and it seems to be where my strengths are. The world of software changes so quickly and so often, so I'm always learning more about it. I care a lot about software simplicity, usability, scalability, reliability, and performance. But above all, I care about making software that makes life easier for the user.

Experience

  • Founder at Feature Upvote
    Jan 2017 - Present ยท 9 yrs 7 mos

    Feature Upvote is a feedback management tool. It lets your team and customers suggest and upvote improvements, surfacing the best ideas to improve your product. We initially created Feature Upvote to help us track our own customers' suggestions, after finding Jira struggled with this task. Feature Upvote is now translated into many languages and used by companies around the world.

  • Founder at Barbary Software SL
    Apr 2008 - Sep 2022 ยท 14 yrs 6 mos

    I started Barbary Software in 2008. We help organisations gather and manage customer feedback. Our products: * Feature Upvote offers feature request tracking. We created Feature Upvote to help us track our own customers' suggestions, and soon made it available to other companies. It is popular with product managers who need a way to track feature requests. * Saber Feedback is a feedback widget you can embed on your website.

  • Independent Consultant at Self-Employed
    Jan 2005 - Aug 2009 ยท 4 yrs 8 mos

    I helped teams in the banking industry create reliable, secure, and fast web applications. Notable clients were the European Central Bank and Dresdner Bank.

  • Senior Consultant at Consavis GmbH
    Feb 2004 - Dec 2004 ยท 11 mos

    In this position, I played a senior role in connecting the IT systems of Deutsche Post with eBay.

  • Founder at Sunesis Interactive Pty Ltd
    Jan 2000 - Jan 2003 ยท 3 yrs 1 mo

    I co-founded and led this boutique IT consultancy and grew it to a team of ten consultants. Customers included a roster of Australian household names.