Pat Cullen
Florida · Remote
I've spent the last decade building products and engineering teams at high-growth startups.
Right now I'm CTO at YearOne, rethinking how teams measure what matters. 6,488 commits and 904 PRs in the last year—more code than any other year of my career.
Before that: six years at Carrot Fertility, where I joined as engineer #3 and left as SVP Engineering leading 70+ people. Scaled revenue from $100k to $100M.
- → Introduced cloud practices at Rithum, stayed through IPO
- → Co-founded HoopDog — solo dev, full stack, hired interns who are now directors
- → Monitored power plants at GE Vernova — big data before it had a name
These days I advise founders and coach engineering leaders. Mostly on scaling teams without losing the culture that made them good in the first place.
Things I believe:
- → Trust scales better than process
- → The best tech choice is the one you can ship
- → Leaders who stop coding lose context
Going deeper:
I write about scaling teams and building products at Strategic Spokes and share AI-driven development insights on LinkedIn.
- → What's Your Engineering Strategy? — a tactical guide for engineering leaders
- → Building with AI agents — how I use Claude Code to ship faster
I've also spoken at conferences on engineering strategy and ethics in software development.