ABOUT STEVE

Steve Cochran is a Strategic Advisor at A‑LIGN, supporting the acceleration of innovation for A-SCEND. He is also the CTO Operating Advisor at Hg, where he helps their portfolio companies translate technology, product strategy, and emerging agentic AI capabilities into measurable enterprise value.  

With more than 20 years of experience as a CTO and CPO in PE‑backed environments, at companies like ConnectWise, Steve specializes in envisioning and implementing AI‑native and agentic workflows across products and operations with a pragmatic, execution‑first approach. Steve also has a depth of experience strengthening organizational leadership and operational rhythms to help product, engineering, and customer operations teams deliver reliable, cost‑effective software at scale, while elevating security programs to meet the realities of modern, AI‑enabled development.