Patrick Donelan is a seasoned technology leader and startup founder with 18 years’ experience building product-driven engineering organizations, currently serving as CTO and Co-Founder of EQL in Melbourne. He spent over a decade at Google as a Senior Staff Software Engineer, bringing large-scale systems expertise to early-stage ventures and consulting startups. Trained in software engineering, physics and Mandarin at the University of Melbourne with exchange studies at Tsinghua, he blends rigorous technical foundations with cross-cultural perspective. Patrick is hands-on with architecture and execution, preferring to work directly with teams over external recruiting or outsourcing, and is known for translating complex technical constraints into pragmatic product outcomes.
18 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Program, Chinese (Mandarin), Exchange Program, Chinese (Mandarin) at Tsinghua University
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