Patrick Ford is a repeat founder, product visionary, and technology executive with 12+ years of engineering and leadership experience building consumer and enterprise products across gaming, e-commerce, collectibles, and AI. As Co-Founder and CTO of preEmptive Technologies he’s focused on AI-assisted preparedness solutions while concurrently owning a top-rated Bay Area comedy venue, showing a rare blend of technical entrepreneurship and community-facing operations. He has steered global engineering teams and launched blockchain initiatives and NFT marketplaces at Beckett and Campus Legends, and earlier founded All-Seeing Eye which was acquired by Yahoo—evidence of his ability to turn niche products into strategic exits. Comfortable from hands-on engineering to executive strategy, he has led UI and big-data teams at Macy’s and McKesson and mentored full-stack developers for years. Based in California, Patrick pairs academic training in communications and computer science with a sustained track record of shipping user-focused, revenue-generating products.
12 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
BA Communications and Computer Science, BA Communications and Computer Science at University at Albany
Full Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at Hack Reactor
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research at University of Michigan
Doctoral Fellowship Institute for Communications Research, Doctoral Fellowship Institute for Communications Research at Stanford University
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Patrick Ford - Co-Founder And CTO at Alameda Comedy Club