Patrick Mccarren
CTO at Wedge
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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RockstarPatrick Mccarren is a seasoned technology leader and serial founder with 12 years of experience building cloud-native systems and SaaS products from Chicago. As CTO and Co-Founder of Wedge and founder/CEO of multiple startups including Vente and gText, he blends hands-on engineering with product-led operations across POS, communication, and HR tech. He has deep backend and cloud expertise—evidenced by contributions to a widely used PHP WebSocket library where he improved large-payload handling, bug fixes, and protocol responsiveness. Prior roles at Barracuda and as Lead Cloud Engineer sharpened his skills in scalable storage and cloud operations. Patrick is comfortable moving between code, architecture, and executive strategy, and often ships pragmatic, well-documented solutions. His background suggests a founder-first mindset that favors shipping resilient systems and iterating quickly on customer-driven platforms.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (5)
php10
websocket10
computer-engineering10
api-design8
testing7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Textalk/websocket-php
Apr 2015 - Aug 2015
WebSocket client and server in PHP
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 2 PRs, 5 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Patrick primarily contributed to the WebSocket PHP library by implementing and refining core functionalities. They added support for handling large payloads through fragmentation, enhancing the library's ability to manage significant data transfers. Furthermore, the user addressed a critical bug related to undefined variables, improved code maintainability, and added a feature to send "pong" responses when pinged. Additionally, the user also refactored base class and updated documentation.
websocketsphprfc-6455websocketwebsocket-client
ventepos/architect
Jul 2017 - Jan 2020
Contributions:1 release, 6 pushes, 2 tags in 2 years 6 months
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