Summary
Patricia Balik is a Principal Technical Program Manager based in Seattle with 15+ years building product vision and executing large, cross-functional programs across sync, search, and AI for millions of users. She has led re‑architectures of core sync engines and desktop experiences for Dropbox’s 40M+ users, driven search relevance and experimentation practices that boosted recall and velocity, and shipped AI knowledge integrations at Atlassian. Comfortable at the intersection of product, ML, and engineering, she has a track record of instituting scorecard-driven A/B experimentation and telemetry platforms to turn hypotheses into measurable outcomes. Her background in deep sync technology and enterprise deployment at Microsoft informs pragmatic, scalable solutions for both consumer and business customers. Now at AI2, she combines technical program leadership with product strategy to advance AI-driven knowledge tools. A former NSF mentor and early iOS visualization contributor, she brings hands-on technical curiosity alongside program-level rigor.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Undergraduate Study Abroad Computing, Undergraduate Study Abroad Computing at Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe
The University of Utah
Korean