Summary
Patrick Peak is a seasoned engineering leader with 17 years of experience building resilient, secure digital experiences across banking, web media, and enterprise systems. As Senior Director of SRE at GEICO and former Senior Director at Capital One, he has led large modernization programs—migrating mobile and ATM platforms to cloud-native, serverless architectures that cut costs and improved release cadence and security. He coaches leaders and builds inclusive, high-performance teams while staying hands-on with SRE, DevOps, and hardware/software integration for ATMs and mobile payments. Patrick combines operational rigor from military leadership and intelligence experience with a product-minded approach to UX and agile delivery. An open-source advocate and woodworker outside of work, he brings a practical blend of technical depth and people-focused coaching to reduce customers’ financial anxiety.
17 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BS Integrated Science and Technology Military Science Computer Science, BS Integrated Science and Technology Military Science Computer Science at James Madison University