Pat Patterson is Chief Technical Evangelist at Backblaze, the leading independent cloud storage provider. Over his three decades in the industry, Pat has built software and communities at Sun Microsystems, Salesforce, StreamSets, and Citrix, focusing on articulating the value of technology to developers, engineers and admins. In his current role at Backblaze, Pat creates and delivers content tailored to the needs of the hands-on technical professional, acts as the ‘voice of the community in the product team, and actively participates in online and in-person discussions and events. Outside the office, Pat runs far, having completed ultramarathons up to the 50 mile distance.