bio of KQD

Kyle Quinn Dreger

Work

Patriot Software

Building a fast, simple, and affordable accounting and payroll platform for American businesses and their accountants.

CPO (Sep 2021 - Present)

Engineering, PM, Design, IT, Security, (and in 2023) Operations, People Ops, and Risk & Treasury teams.

VP of Product (Jun 2020 - Sep 2021)

Engineering, PM, and Design teams.

Director of Product (Jul 2019 - Jun 2020)

PM and Design teams.

Lead, Product Design &

Software Engineer (Jan 2016 - Jul 2019)

Led Design team; designed/developed internal web app (Ruby on Rails, JavaScript).

Software Engineer (May 2014 - Jan 2016)

Developed front/back-end for internal web app (Ruby on Rails, JavaScript) + UX and UI design.

Software Engineering Intern (Jan 2014 - May 2014)

Learned, developed, deployed (and broke) things in C# and ASP.NET.

The Timken Company

Supporting the teams that help build some of the world's best steel products.

Software Engineering Intern (4 months)

New Technology Department; designed and developed single-page web app (Angular) to facilitate associate training; collaborated with international team on special projects; ran (unofficial) internal intern newsletter.

Software Engineering Intern (4 months)

Designed and developed sales-focused web apps (Angular, C#, Ruby on Rails); helped coordinate and roll out new technology company-wide; mentored and spoke to high school students about careers in tech.

Education

University of Mount Union

Double major: Computer Science (BS with Honors), English Writing (BA)