# Patrick Ford

> Tech Founder and Engineer

Location: Alameda, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/patrickford

Founder, executive, entrepreneur, engineer, and product designer. I've led teams for more than 25 product launches. I have extensive experience in both product management and software engineering. I also served as a mentor for students at Thinkful.com in the Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp and have taught more than 400 students. 

Specialties: Web and Mobile Product Development, Product Management, User Experience, and User Interface Design, Marketing, Management, Analytics, and Strategic Planning 

Development: Javascript, Python, React, Node, Express, SQL, MongoDB, AWS, AI/ML, LLMs, Blockchain 

Plus: Stand Up Comedian, Scuba Instructor, and Semi-Pro Poker Player

## Work Experience
### Co-Founder and CTO @ preEmptive Technologies Corp.
Jan 2023 – Present | Alameda, California, United States
PreEmptive is developing an AI-assisted "preparedness" application to deal with all potential eventualities.

### Co-Owner and Booker @ Alameda Comedy Club
Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 | Alameda, California, United States
The Bay Area's Top-Rated Comedy Club.

### Head of Engineering @ Beckett Collectibles
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Dallas, Texas, United States
I oversee Beckett's engineering staff in the US, Europe, and India.

### Head of Blockchain Products @ Beckett Collectibles
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Alameda, California, United States
Beckett is a leader in the collectibles industry providing a range of services including grading, price guides, authentication, and publishing. I am leading the charge with new blockchain-based initiatives.

### Vice President Of Engineering @ Campus Legends
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Alameda, California, United States
We are dedicated to our core mission of supporting athletes and empowering the fan community. As part of that mission, every sale of an NFT digital collectible contributes directly to the athlete or school represented, whether it be a newly minted one-of-a-kind-card, or a secondary sale in our marketplace.

### Mentor - Full Stack Web Development @ Thinkful
Jan 2014 – Jan 2021
Mentor for students in the Career Path Development Program which trains them for positions in full stack web development.

### Software Engineering Manager - UI @ Macy's
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, CA
Engineering manager for the user interface team for macys.com overseeing 12 engineers.

### Software Development Manager @ McKesson
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Emeryville, CA
Responsible for managing three engineering teams (2 internal and 1 external with a total staff of 20) of software engineers, UX/UI designers, and QA staff building big data healthcare applications.

### Product Strategy and Development @ Industry Consultant
Jan 2007 – Jan 2014 | Los Angeles, CA
Clients include
- McDonald's
- Mattel
- Social Media Sports
- Wazamba Games
- World Cyber Games
- GamersFirst

### Vice President Social and Mobile Games @ Atari
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Oversaw the development of all social and mobile games.

### Director of Video Game Products @ Yahoo!
Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 | Santa Monica, CA
- Joined Yahoo with the acquisition of my company All-Seeing Eye.
- Launched new Yahoo Videogames property and increased traffic and ad revenues by more than 300%.

### Founder @ All-Seeing Eye, Inc.
Jan 2003 – Jan 2004
- Grew user base to become the #1 multiplayer game server browser.
- Developed SDK and established relationships with top gaming companies such as EA to include automatic reporting to All-Seeing Eye master server.
- Acquired by Yahoo!

### Vice President Consumer Products @ GameSpy Industries
Jan 2002 – Jan 2003 | Irvine, California, United States
Publisher of GameSpy Arcade, FilePlanet, and Roger Wilco.

### Co-Founder @ MrSwap.com
Jan 1999 – Jan 2001 | San Francisco, California, United States
Developer of an online bartering system for music, movies, and games.

### Vice President Game Studio @ Fujitsu Interactive
Jan 1996 – Jan 1999 | San Francisco, California, United States
Developer of the artificial life game "Fin Fin".

### Co-Founder @ Splash Studios
Jan 1994 – Jan 1996 | Redmond, Washington, United States
Developer of the CD-ROM interactive game "Piper" and the Splash Kids Digital Magazine, one of the first family-friendly websites.

### Lead Product Manager @ Microsoft
Jan 1993 – Jan 1994 | Redmond, Washington, United States
Lead Product Manager for Interactive Television in the Advanced Research Group.

### Product Manager @ Microsoft
Jan 1990 – Jan 1993 | Redmond, Washington, United States
Product Manager for the Multimedia Systems Group. I served on the Multimedia PC (MPC) Council and represented Microsoft in various standards bodies.

### Software Design Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 1989 – Jan 1990 | Menlo Park, California, United States
Developed Macintosh code to add multimedia functionality to PowerPoint.


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/patrickford
- Website: http://www.patrickford.com
- Website: http://www.facebook.com/patrick.ford

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Last updated: 2026-04-08