Full-Stack Digital Experience

Let's build experiencespeople love

From AI-powered platforms to enterprise systems—I've architected scalable solutions, built beautiful applications, and won awards for exceptional experiences. Over 20 years of strategic leadership and engineering excellence.

Patrick Daly

Strategic Leadership.
Technical Mastery.

Digital leader with 20+ years building and scaling world-class engineering organizations. Led teams of 100+, managed multi-million dollar initiatives, and launched award-winning digital products for Fortune 500 brands.

Deep expertise in AI integration, cloud architecture, enterprise systems, and digital transformation. Proven ability to turn complex challenges into elegant, revenue-generating solutions.

Strategic Leadership

Led 100+ person organization managing multi-million dollar budgets and delivering award-winning digital experiences.

Enterprise

Global infrastructure, CMS platforms, and 50+ high-traffic systems.

Small Business

Scalable solutions and expert guidance to get your vision live.

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UX & Design

User-centered design and modern interfaces.

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Web Software

Fast, scalable, and accessible web applications.

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MarTech

Marketing automation and analytics platforms.

Experience Highlights

GM

VP Digital Experience

GM Financial · 2019 - 2026 · 6 years

Helped GM Financial's strategic priority to become more digitally adept. I oversaw teams in digital marketing & analytics, software engineering, user experience, marketing automation, and marketing operations. Led the organization to achieve J.D. Power's 2024 first place ranking for digital experience in automotive finance.

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Santander Consumer USA

2012 - 2019 · 7 years

Vice President of Digital Marketing

Apr 2018 - Aug 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

Led UX, Digital Design, Digital Marketing, and Web Development teams in executing product and marketing strategies for consumers and dealers.

Co-director Innovation Lab

Jul 2017 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

Led technologists in clearing uncertainty in human, business, technology opportunities as it relates to fintech, auto + finance, and customer service.

Director of Digital Strategy

May 2016 - Apr 2018 · 2 yrs

Advised the heads of Marketing & IT on strategic operations of web technology, served as the manager of the digital marketing technology stack, overseeing user experience research and digital design.

Director of Web Development

Sep 2014 - May 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos

Led research, design, & development of large portfolio of web properties across Santander Consumer USA, Chrysler Capital, RoadLoans, and other brands. Responsible for running and enhancing a global infrastructure of 50+ websites.

Sr. Architect & Backend Manager

Nov 2013 - Sep 2014 · 11 mos

As the architect and backend manager for the web teams in the Marketing department, I oversaw the full-stack implementation of all web technologies. This included front-end and back-end development.

Sr. Web Design Manager

Mar 2013 - Nov 2013 · 9 mos

I managed a team of web designers / front-end developers in the creation and maintenance of a host of websites across the Santander Consumer USA, Inc. and Chrysler Capital brands.

Web Designer

Jul 2012 - Mar 2013 · 9 mos

Created and maintained a vast array of websites and assets for various brands. My primary duties were to build upon and adjust existing sites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I also implemented many new features and pages.

DD

Owner & Web Designer

Develop Daly · 2008 - 2012 · 4 years

Full-time freelancer, specializing in WordPress consulting: design, development, and configuration for WordPress-based sites. As a full-service consultant I handled client requests at all phases of the project.

LM

Web Designer

Lead Maverick · 2007 - 2008 · 1 year

Provided front end web design & development for all core products as well as contracted work. In addition, we perfected white-hat SEO techniques that enhanced customer results significantly higher than normative SEO.

Featured Work

Real projects that delivered measurable results for enterprise and growth-stage organizations.

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Go Sit Back — Home Services Marketplace

Architected monorepo marketplace platform connecting customers with service providers. Built customer booking portal, admin dashboard, and provider app with real-time job dispatch by geographic proximity. Implemented quote management workflow, multi-tenant architecture, and back-office automation for lead generation, quoting, invoicing, and customer communication.

Status: Beta launch Q4 2025
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptSupabaseBrevo APITailwindVercel
Home Cleaner Near Me
Go Sit Back
02

Spoke Notifications — Route Optimization & SMS

Built customer notification system integrating Spoke.com route optimization with Twilio and Brevo SMS. Dashboard displays real-time route metrics, ETA tracking, and bulk or individual notification management. Features authenticated access control, customizable message templates, and secure API key management for multi-user environments.

Status: Production deployment Q4 2025
ReactNext.jsTailwindTwilio APISpoke.com APIBrevo APIVercelNeonClerk
Spoke Notifications
Spoke Notifications
03

User Experience Leadership & Design Systems

Built and led UX teams for 10+ years across enterprise organizations, hiring designers and researchers. Established comprehensive design systems and accessibility programs ensuring WCAG compliance for dozens of applications. Led development of GM Financial's mature design system with broad engineering adoption. Championed user-centered methodologies including continuous testing and component library standardization.

Impact: 10+ years UX leadership, enterprise design system adopted by dozens of applications, WCAG accessibility compliance
FigmaAdobe XDAxureStorybookUserTestingFableDesign SystemsWCAG
Design System
04

AI-Powered Application Development

Early adopter of AI-assisted development, releasing multiple production applications with drastically reduced time to market. Delivered enterprise tools including Marketo data explorer, SMS notification platform, and audit compliance systems. Built complex multi-tenant SaaS with user management, messaging, subscription billing, payment processing, and monorepo architecture—leveraging AI for accelerated development and enhanced code quality.

Impact: Multiple production applications released, 10x reduction in time to market, enterprise-grade solutions built with small teams
Claude AICursorNext.jsTypeScriptSupabaseStripeTwilioBrevo
05

Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service

Oversee engineering team migration from self-hosted Adobe Experience Manager to AEM as a Cloud Service. Led platform transformation achieving 100% uptime SLA and significant performance improvements. Scaled cloud-native infrastructure supporting 20+ global multi-lingual websites delivering 100M+ annual pageviews. Established modern CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and governance standards.

Impact: 100% uptime, 20+ global sites, 100M+ annual pageviews, enhanced code quality and performance
AEM as a Cloud ServiceJavaHTL/SightlyApache SlingOSGiCI/CDAkamai
Adobe Experience Manager
06

Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform

Led GM Financial's first Customer Data Platform implementation over 2 years. Hired and managed team, guided vendor implementation, and architected data flows from multiple systems. Built unified customer profiles serving 10M+ records for service and marketing personalization. Enabled Adobe Campaign to Journey Optimizer migration. Integrated with AJO, Meta, and Salesforce for real-time segmentation.

Impact: 10M+ unified customer profiles, enabled Campaign to Journey Optimizer migration, democratized audience segmentation across organization
Adobe RT-CDPAdobe Journey OptimizerAdobe CampaignMetaSalesforceREST APIs
Adobe Experience Platform
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Marketing Automation & Cross-Channel Orchestration

Built enterprise marketing automation systems leveraging CRM and digital event data for personalized cross-channel orchestration at scale. Architected data flows between platforms, analytics, and automation systems. Implemented audience segmentation, behavioral triggers, A/B testing, and attribution models. Designed email campaigns, SMS workflows, push notifications, and web personalization reaching millions across multiple brands.

Impact: Millions of automated customer interactions, enterprise-scale personalization, multi-channel journey orchestration across email, SMS, push, and web
Adobe CampaignMarketoHubSpotAdobe TargetLoopsMetaSegmentTwilioFirebaseAdobe AnalyticsGoogle AnalyticsOptimizely
Marketing Automation

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