Summary
Patrick Mccormack is a seasoned technology leader with 12+ years of experience building and scaling global engineering organizations and high-risk software products from Yahoo Search to CrowdStrike. He led large platform teams (up to ~850 engineers) responsible for cloud and data platforms, SRE, and mission-critical product SLAs and performance, blending deep systems engineering with business-facing accountability for latency and gross margin. Patrick excels at building high-performance, cross-cultural teams and driving platform strategy that enables rapid product delivery at web scale. His background spans web search runtime, real-time indexing, big data platforms, and cloud-native infrastructure, and he brings hands-on experience with both public clouds and global data centers. Based in Redwood City, he combines a high emotional intelligence leadership style with a pragmatic focus on measurable operational outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
U.C. Berkeley Engineering Leadership Professional Program, U.C. Berkeley Engineering Leadership Professional Program at University of California, Berkeley
MSc, Computers for Commerce and Industry, MSc, Computers for Commerce and Industry at The Open University
c++, python