Pat Shriver

Pat Shriver is an accomplished and proactive software engineering leader known for delivering products and services on time with quality. With a background in Continuous Integration, Release Operations, Source Code Management, and Product Life Cycle Management, Pat has demonstrated a strong capability for driving complex initiatives with high business impact.

Among Pat's achievements are reducing build operations headcount by 40% while increasing releases by 100%, managing a significant CAPEX budget of $15M at NetApp, and leading teams to reduce regression and disruption defects by over 50%. Pat's expertise extends to launching shared test infrastructures, ensuring smooth pre and post-acquisition transitions, defining IP audit policies for Cisco, and deploying processes for rapid release of security patches.

Pat Shriver holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Computer Science Engineering from San Jose State University and has also completed the Engineering Leadership Program at the University of California, Berkeley. With a rich professional history that includes roles such as Senior Director at Intel, Director at Google, Senior Director at NetApp, and Director at Cisco, Pat has honed skills in QA, software engineering, engineering tools and services, and continuous process improvement for increased productivity.