Steve Buchanan

Steve was born and raised in Scotland and graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a BSc Summa Cum Laude in Computer Science. After graduation, he joined Scotland’s oldest Stockbroker Wood Mackenzie to build the first ever automated Trading Systems for Stock & Stock Options. This launched a 30 year career building global enterprise financial platforms which spurred travel all over the World, including a 15 year stint in Silicon Valley, and the last 15 years having a home base in Aspen, Colorado.

He has worked with multiple startups at every stage from pre-seed through to growing Unicorn sized companies. Steve has held multiple roles, often several at the same time, including VP of Engineering, Chief Architect, CTO and now CPTO to help drive ThirdHome to new levels of global success as we transition from successful startup to a global enterprise platform. The global nature of financial platforms provide the opportunity for extensive travel to multiple countries including Vietnam, Japan, India, Australia, Austria, Germany & France. The old adage work hard & play hard is a favored style where he was able to explore many eclectic travel opportunities including riding on a Elephant in Rajasthan, Staying in Tree Houses in Vietnam and watching Sumo Tournaments in Tokyo.

Outside of work Steve & Family (wife Janette, also Scottish, and their three kids) enjoy the Aspen area and increasingly travel further afield, which has been turbo charged since joining ThirdHome as a member over 2 years ago. Several interests are always competing for attention from anything Scottish(& Pictish)- history, politics & business (including being part of the voluntary Scottish Government GlobalScot network to help Scottish companies grow & expand); Single Malts with his 4th “Kid” Boyd, turning 23rd next year, a cask of whisky maturing nicely on the Isle of Islay; Crypto/Metaverse & Gaming; gourmet food and especially all things Uni; anything Tiki including a recently completed home Tiki Bar/Speakeasy.