Pat Patterson
Chief Technical Evangelist at Backblaze
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolPat Patterson is a veteran technical evangelist and engineer with 11+ years leading developer and data-engineering communities across enterprise software companies like Backblaze, Citrix, StreamSets and Salesforce. He combines hands-on systems and kernel-level coding with prolific technical writing and public speaking—generating millions of page views, hundreds of blog posts, and presenting at Dreamforce, JavaOne and RSA Conference. At StreamSets he grew an open-source data-engineering community of 3,000+ and implemented Salesforce connectivity used in production; at Backblaze he contributes to the widely used rclone project, improving B2 backend file management. Pat blends product-facing evangelism with deep engineering credibility, having implemented Linux kernel drivers earlier in his career and shipped storage and identity integrations at scale. Based in San Jose, he also consults on integration and identity projects, mentoring new evangelists and helping cross-functional teams translate developer needs into product features. Colleagues value him for turning complex technical topics into practical tutorials, demos and tools that drive real adoption.
11 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Diploma, Computing for Commerce and Industry, Postgraduate Diploma, Computing for Commerce and Industry at Open UniversityBSc (Hons), Computer Science, BSc (Hons), Computer Science at University of WarwickKing Henry VIII School, Coventry
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Github Skills (33)
back-end-development10
rclone10
go10
cloud-storage10
testing9
webservice9
security9
salesforce6
soql6
backblaze6
single-sign-on6
linux6
java6
saml6
azure-blob-storage3
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
rclone/rclone
Apr 2023 - Mar 2025
"rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 5 PRs, 29 comments in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Pat primarily contributed to the B2 (Backblaze B2) backend of the rclone project, adding new commands for file cleanup and hidden file management. They implemented functionality to remove unfinished large file uploads and old versions of files. Further commits included the addition of tests for these new commands and the inclusion of custom upload headers in large file info.
googlefile-storageyandexonedrivestorage
backblaze-b2-samples/b2-iconik-plugin
May 2022 - Apr 2025
Optimize your iconik and LucidLink storage with B2
Contributions:5 PRs, 43 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 10 months
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