Steven Gittleson

Steven is a co-founder of LightSail and as Chief Technology Officer led the development of LightSail’s technology since its inception. Steven is passionate about literacy and the potential that increasing literacy has as a cornerstone to reversing economic gaps, as well as the opportunities that developing existing reading skills affords children everywhere.

As CEO and co-founder, Steven drives the vision at LightSail by tapping into his significant technical expertise to laser focus on technology and innovation, while simultaneously working with the management team to significantly grow LightSail in the US and internationally. In addition, Steven is committed to building LightSail’s Antares and Apollo content label and building their worldwide network of partners.

Steven has over 20 years of experience in managing large-scale complex mobile and web-based software development applications both on and off the cloud. Steven also served as a founding partner and CTO for several start-ups and played a significant role in some 9-digit exits, including Omnipod and Netcreations. Steven has participated in numerous speaking engagements for IBM, Oracle, and Microsoft. Steven hails from South Africa and attended Wits University in Johannesburg.