Patrick Mcelwee is a founder-CTO and full-stack engineer who has run Sew Liberated, an indie sewing pattern and online-course business, since 2007 and scaled it significantly from 2018 onward. He blends technical leadership with humanities training—holding a master’s in history—and a background in policy and international volunteer work, which informs a thoughtful, mission-driven approach to product and community. His engineering experience includes building reusable UI toolkits and data-integration libraries at MarkLogic and developing web platforms at Duke, demonstrating strength in single-page apps, document/graph data models, and developer enablement. Comfortable switching hats from hands-on coding to strategic ops, he excels at turning complex data problems into accessible interfaces and repeatable developer workflows. Based in Chapel Hill, he brings 14 years of professional experience and a distinctive mix of technical craft, civic engagement, and small-business entrepreneurship.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, History, Master's degree, History at Duke University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), History and Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (BA), History and Philosophy at University of Notre Dame
Contributions:68 commits, 3 PRs, 54 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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Patrick Mcelwee - Co-Founder And CTO at Sew Liberated