# Paul McCabe

> Paul McCabe is the CEO of JetBrains Americas, Inc., the North American subsidiary of JetBrains - the Czech developer tools company behind IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, Kotlin, and dozens of other IDEs and tools trusted by over 11 million developers worldwide. With a career spanning Logitech, Symantec, Miro Computer Products, and WebGain, McCabe brings over three decades of enterprise software sales and operations experience to one of the most influential developer tooling companies on the planet. He also co-founded Chronon Systems, a Java time-travel debugging startup, and has been steering JetBrains' Americas business since November 2015.

- **Role:** CEO at JetBrains Americas, Inc.
- **Organizations:** JetBrains Americas, Inc., Chronon Systems, Code Complete Software Inc.
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Business Administration, California State University, Sacramento
- **Known for:** CEO of JetBrains Americas since November 2015, overseeing North American growth of a company serving 11.4 million developers globally, Grew JetBrains Americas through the DevOps wave, the cloud IDE era, and the AI-assisted coding boom, Co-founded Code Complete Software Inc., which bridged European software publishers to North American markets for 13 years (2002-2015)

## Career timeline

- **1982-1985** — Attended California State University, Sacramento, studying Business Administration
- **Early 1990s** — Senior roles at Logitech, VP Sales and Marketing
- **Mid-1990s** — Director of Sales and Marketing, Internet Tools Group at Symantec
- **Late 1990s** — VP Sales and Marketing at Miro Computer Products
- **~2000** — VP of North American Sales at WebGain
- **2002-2015** — Co-founded and led Code Complete Software Inc., supporting European software publishers in North America for 13 years
- **2015** — Co-founded Chronon Systems as Founder & Managing Partner - a Java time-travel debugging ('DVR for Java') startup
- **2015-present** — Joined JetBrains Americas, Inc. as CEO, leading the North American subsidiary of JetBrains

## Achievements

- CEO of JetBrains Americas since November 2015, overseeing North American growth of a company serving 11.4 million developers globally
- Grew JetBrains Americas through the DevOps wave, the cloud IDE era, and the AI-assisted coding boom
- Co-founded Code Complete Software Inc., which bridged European software publishers to North American markets for 13 years (2002-2015)
- Co-founded Chronon Systems, an innovative 'DVR for Java' time-travel debugging tool
- Helped drive JetBrains' enterprise adoption to 88 of the Fortune Global Top 100 companies
- Led JetBrains Americas through the launch of JetBrains AI, which hit six-figure active paid users in Q4 2025
- Oversaw EMEA and Americas expansion during JetBrains' period of 39%+ year-on-year regional growth

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — JetBrains published its 2026 Annual Highlights, reporting six-figure active paid AI users and 39%+ EMEA growth, with Americas operations under McCabe's leadership
- **2025-12** — JetBrains AI adoption grew every quarter in 2025, with the largest QoQ gain of +101.33% in Q2 2025

## Links

- Website: https://jetbrains.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-mccabe-040281
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/JetBrains

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Last updated: 2026-05-15