01 Technology leader / Founder / Glaswegian

A life in
translation.

I’m Steven Donoghue. I grew up with a Glasgow way of seeing things: direct, warm, and suspicious of unnecessary fuss. That instinct has travelled with me through technology, across countries, into family life, and now into the things I’m building for myself.

See what I’m building GitHub
MAKE IT USEFUL✦SAY IT PLAINLY✦PROVE THE THING✦MAKE IT USEFUL✦

02 The through-line

Different chapters. The same instinct.

Make the complicated
feel human.

The surface details have changed — networking, security, family, products, clothes, food, software. The recurring job has not: understand what matters, remove the noise, and leave people with something they can trust.

01

Glasgow gave me the edge

A practical instinct: say the thing plainly, look after your people, and do not confuse polish with proof.

02

The work took me outward

From London into Cisco roles across Scotland, Boston, San Francisco and New York, I learned to translate difficult technology into decisions people can actually make.

03

Now the work comes home

The next chapter is less about collecting more complexity and more about making useful things: a receipt that remembers, a private system that helps, and a family story kept with care.

03 Building now

Products, systems and stories with a reason to exist.

01Founder / Building now

BlockReceipt

Keep the value after the till.

A private purchase record that turns fragmented receipt evidence into something people can search, organise and use.

Visit BlockReceipt
02Personal systems / In development

Hermes / LifeOS

One operator, not another inbox.

A private chief-of-staff system designed to connect memory, decisions and useful action while keeping authority visible.

Private build — no public demo
03Private family archive / In development

Esteban + Diego

Small moments, kept properly.

A private, reviewed family timeline built to preserve stories and media with context, provenance and care.

Private build — no public demo

04 The work behind the story

Glasgow roots. International work. Always translating complexity.

From business school
to building the business.

MA (Hons) Business & Management from the University of Glasgow, including an exchange at IÉSEG Paris. English native, Spanish fluent. Career spanning networking, cybersecurity, go-to-market leadership and product building.

  1. 2026—NOW

    Secure Networking Leader

    Cisco / Eastern US, Canada + LATAM

    Leading a $125M velocity business across Secure Access and SD-WAN, while mentoring a team of specialists.

  2. 2023—2026

    Secure Networking GTM Specialist

    Cisco Secure Connect

    Helped grow the SASE platform from under $250K to more than $10M in 24 months, with 200+ executive demos and 75+ trials.

  3. 2020—2023

    Enterprise Networking Specialist

    Cisco Catalyst + Meraki

    Worked with enterprise customers to turn networking technology into clear, practical outcomes.

  4. 2016—2020

    Meraki Product Specialist

    London, Scotland, Boston + San Francisco

    Built the Scotland business, expanded strategic accounts in Boston and closed FY20 at 202% of plan.

  5. 2013—2016

    Account Manager

    Zones / London

    Started in technology sales and became the organisation’s top gross-profit account manager in 2014 and 2015.

Selected annual performance

202%FY20
172%FY21
152%FY23
246%FY24 / MVP
155%FY25

05 The operating system

No grand manifesto. Just a way of working.

01

Useful over ornamental.

Start with the problem. Earn every extra layer.

02

Proof over posture.

Show the working thing. Be honest about what comes next.

03

Human all the way through.

Technology should make life clearer, not colder.