Steve Taplin

Steve Taplin has built more than 30 companies. Twenty failed. Ten became multimillion-dollar successes. Over 25 years of building businesses, those experiences have taught him what separates companies that scale from those that struggle to survive.

Today, Steve is the founder and CEO of Sonatafy Technology, a software engineering company recognized on the Inc. 5000 in 2024 and 2025. He works with business and technology leaders to close the gap between ambitious strategies and results, helping organizations tackle stalled execution, unclear accountability, and the operational challenges of scaling.

An author of Fail Hard, Win Big and a Forbes Technology Council member, Steve has published on entrepreneurship, leadership, AI, and software delivery. He brings lessons from more than 50 speaking engagements and decades of firsthand business experience, showing founders how to turn setbacks into smarter decisions, strengthen execution, and build lasting enterprise value.