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  "markdown": "Founder and CTO, Paperform.\n\nDean McPherson is a founder and the CTO of Paperform. He worked as a web developer for a startup and began setting up forms to automate routine work, then built a form for a friend's school holiday camp that led to Paperform.\n\n## What Dean builds\n\n- [Paperform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperform.md), graded C, 56.1/100, in Forms, surveys \u0026 structured intake. Paperform is a form builder from Paperform Pty Ltd in Sydney, with e-signatures (Papersign) and workflow automation (Stepper) on the same subscription. Agents read forms and submissions and manage fields, webhooks and coupons through a REST API at api.paperform.co. Founder and CTO, Paperform, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Diony McPherson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/diony-mcpherson/), Founder and COO, Paperform\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Dean McPherson?\n\nDean McPherson is a founder and the CTO of Paperform. He worked as a web developer for a startup and began setting up forms to automate routine work, then built a form for a friend's school holiday camp that led to Paperform.\n\n### What does Paperform Pty Ltd make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Paperform from Paperform Pty Ltd. Paperform is a form builder from Paperform Pty Ltd in Sydney, with e-signatures (Papersign) and workflow automation (Stepper) on the same subscription. Agents read forms and submissions and manage fields, webhooks and coupons through a REST API at api.paperform.co.\n\n### How are Dean's tools graded?\n\nPaperform is graded C, 56.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://paperform.com/contact/\n- https://paperform.co/about/\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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