About
Marc MacLeod founded Stoplight in 2015 and served as its CEO until mid-2020; the company was acquired in 2022. He is currently Co-Founder and CEO of Datanaut. His background includes full-stack software engineering and design, with experience in complex frontend UI and architecture, Node, and API design.
Founder at StopLight
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Experience
- DatanautCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — present
- StoplightFounder & Director2022 — 2023Austin, Texas, United States
- StoplightFounder & CPO2020 — 2022Austin, Texas, United States
- StoplightFounder & CEO2015 — 2020Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Swink.tvChief Technology Officer2013 — 2014
- DreamIt VenturesParticipating Company at DreamIt Ventures2012 — 2013Greater Philadelphia
- The Whoot, LLCCo-Founder2012
- Abroad101Vice President Engineering2010 — 2012
- GMOResearch Systems Intern2009
- Boylston Technology GroupWeb Engineer Intern2008 — 2009
- QMobileMarketing Intern2007
Skills & more
Leadership1Ruby11Ruby on Rails11JavaScript13HTML 57CSS6jQuery4MySQL2PostgreSQL2LAMP1Google Analytics1HTML5
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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)EntrepreneurshipWeb DevelopmentWeb EngineeringFoosballSEOMobile ApplicationsSEMSoftware DevelopmentEarly-stage StartupsFrom Marc's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Marc MacLeod?
- Marc MacLeod founded Stoplight in 2015 and served as its CEO until mid-2020; the company was acquired in 2022. He is currently Co-Founder and CEO of Datanaut. His background includes full-stack software engineering and design, with experience in complex frontend UI and architecture, Node, and API design.
- Where does Marc MacLeod work?
- Marc MacLeod is Founder of StopLight.
- What companies did Marc MacLeod found?
- Marc MacLeod founded StopLight.
- Where did Marc MacLeod go to school?
- Marc MacLeod studied at Tufts University (Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, Economics); Landon High School.
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