Patrick Hereford

About Patrick Hereford

Having a MBA and an engineering background affords me the opportunity to work at the intersection of business and technology. In the past I have developed marketing campaigns, designed and implemented various forms of market research (focus groups, survey analysis, etc), and navigated technology partnerships. On the technology side, I have built and deployed numerous web applications using Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Elixir and other open source technologies. I have also built numerous teams in my career ranging from 3 to 27 technical employees.

Experience

1. AVP, Software Engineering

   Travelers

   Jan 2025 — Present

   Led AI change management for the Specialty Cyber business unit (40+ engineers).Achieved reduction in cycle time by 20+% in Specialty Cyber engineering teams.2025 (Specialty Cyber)Developed several agentic systems to help in a variety of different workflows.Led some hands on workshops and labs to get engineers up skilled with the various GenAI frameworks available.2026 (BSI AI Lead)

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  BS, Civil Engineering

  2001 — 2005

• St. Augustine

  High School Diploma, General Studies

  1999 — 2001

• Boston College Carroll School of Management

  MBA, Entrepreneurial Management

  2006 — 2008

Skills

• Web Analytics
• Open Source
• Css3
• E-Commerce
• Coffeescript
• Embercli
• Mysql
• Git
• Postgresql
• Social Media
• Ember
• Ruby
• Css
• Sass
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Marketing Research
• Mobile Applications
• Ajax
• Data Analysis
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Heroku
• Google Analytics
• Jquery
• Web Applications
• HR Policies
• Web Development
• SEO
• Online Marketing
• Rest
• Analytics
• Ruby on Rails
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Marketing Strategy
• Reactjs
• Entrepreneurship
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Market Research
• Haml