# Steve Holm

> Steve Holm is the CEO of Copper, a Google Workspace-native CRM serving professional services firms. One of Copper's founding team members - employee #4 - he spent five years helping grow the company from concept to $25M ARR before leaving to gain scale experience at Dropbox and Podium. He returned in August 2023 as a boomerang CEO to lead a product-focused turnaround, refocusing Copper on agencies, consulting firms, and relationship-centric businesses.

- **Role:** CEO at Copper
- **Organizations:** Copper, Podium, Dropbox, Catalyst Software, Domo, LegacyQuest, Company Wake, Inc., Tuacahn Amphitheatre
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Advertising, Southern Utah University, Ruby on Rails, Advanced HTML/CSS, UX Design, The Starter League
- **Known for:** Helped grow Copper (formerly ProsperWorks) from founding team to $25M annual recurring revenue over five years as first product and design leader, Returned as CEO in August 2023 to lead turnaround of Copper, refocusing company on professional services ICP, Led Dropbox's ecosystem team, building APIs and third-party integration marketplace

## Career timeline

- **2007-2008** — Graphic Designer & Web Developer at Headpin Design
- **2008-2010** — Co-Founder at Company Wake, Inc.
- **2010-2012** — Creative Director at Tuacahn Amphitheatre, Cedar City, Utah
- **2010-2012** — Co-Founder & Head of Product at LegacyQuest
- **2012-2013** — Head of Design at Pop Five; Lead Product Designer at Rocketmade
- **2012-2013** — Interaction Designer at Base CRM (later Zendesk Sell)
- **2013-2014** — Senior Product Designer at Domo, Inc.
- **2014-2020** — First Product & Design Leader (employee #4) at Copper (then ProsperWorks) - grew company to $25M ARR
- **2020-2021** — Product & Design Advisor at Catalyst Software
- **2021-2022** — Led Ecosystem team (APIs, integrations, marketplace) at Dropbox
- **2022-2023** — SVP of Product Design at Podium
- **2023-present** — Returned to Copper as CEO (boomerang hire), leading product-focused turnaround

## Achievements

- Helped grow Copper (formerly ProsperWorks) from founding team to $25M annual recurring revenue over five years as first product and design leader
- Returned as CEO in August 2023 to lead turnaround of Copper, refocusing company on professional services ICP
- Led Dropbox's ecosystem team, building APIs and third-party integration marketplace
- Co-founded LegacyQuest and Company Wake, Inc. as early career ventures
- Copper ranked #556 on the 2024 SAAS 1000 list under his renewed leadership
- Established 'North Star Vision' and four Jobs-to-be-Done framework that unified Copper's product, sales, and customer success teams
- Speaker at Agency Growth Summit on product-first business growth

## Latest updates

- **2023-08** — Returned to Copper as CEO, beginning product-focused turnaround strategy
- **2024-01** — Led 'Coffee with Copper' webinar previewing 2024 product roadmap and new features
- **2024-03** — Featured on Gene Hammett podcast discussing power of focus and customer alignment
- **2024-05** — Copper ranked #556 on 2024 SAAS 1000 list
- **2025-03** — Appeared on SaaS Scaling Secrets podcast with Dan Balcauski discussing Copper turnaround strategy

## Links

- Website: https://copper.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holmsteve/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/steveholm_
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevenmonteholm/

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Last updated: 2026-05-22