Patrick Ellis is a tech startup founder and CTO with 11 years of full-stack and AI-centric engineering, based in Seattle. He currently serves as Resident Expert at AI2 Incubator, advising the Seattle AI startup community on applied AI and multimodal AI engineering. As Co-Founder & CTO of Snapbar, he leads AI-powered SaaS products for experiential marketing, virtual headshots, and HR tooling, with adoption by major brands like Google, Disney, Coca-Cola, Nike, and more. Previously he built Snapbar as CTO from 2021-2024, and earlier held roles like Director of Engineering and Senior Full-Stack Engineer at Snapbar, showing growth from individual contributor to leadership. He has a track record as a serial founder: Harper Ellis real estate venture, Toggle Development (custom web apps/CRMs), plus early entrepreneurship from OneRedOak and Shippable internships. He holds a CS degree from the University of Washington, is a Forbes 30 Under 30 Seattle 2023 honoree, and co-founded DubHacks, reflecting a blend of technical depth and community-building.
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