Summary
Stuart Chaney is a seasoned software founder and CEO with 14+ years of experience building and bootstrapping B2B SaaS and e-commerce platforms. Since 2016, he has generated over $22 million in revenue from the Shopify App Store with zero external funding and lean sales and marketing spend, underscoring a disciplined growth engine. He previously exited a startup to Rackspace at age 26 and has since bootstrapped multiple ventures to multi-million ARR, including Rivo, a Shopify Plus loyalty, referrals, and memberships platform, now growing >$2.5M ARR. Based in Las Vegas, he combines hands-on CTO/lead engineer experience with strategic product and go-to-market leadership, with a track record at Airbrake, RedisToGo, Booster-Apps, and other ventures. He started coding in Rails in 2009 and has a background in accounting and finance from Technological University Dublin, giving him a rare blend of technical depth and financial pragmatism. Currently advising and building for 7-9 figure DTC brands on Shopify, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a practical, revenue-first mindset to early-stage and growth-stage teams.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSC(hons) Computer Science, Computer Science, BSC(hons) Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Portsmouth