Patrick’s talents include developing and growing businesses, general management, strategic branding and positioning, leadership development and employee engagement, and optimizing marketing performance. His background is unique in that it spans software development, product management, general management, business incubation, and strategic marketing. He has a big-picture strategic perspective, innovative thinking, energy, focus on results, and ability to motivate and help others to see the big picture. These experiences and talents allow him to make a rapid and significant contribution to any business.

During his extensive career, he led several major initiatives and innovations, including:

• CEO, Leadership Navigator

Develop visions, business strategies & plans with small high-growth companies. Board member and leadership navigator to CEOs of several small businesses. Author of several articles on leadership, change management, branding, and employee communication. Recognized speaker and instructor at CEO Space.

• Strategic Branding/Marketing

• SVP Marketing at Emdeon (ex-WebMD) - Led the corporate re- branding. Realigned the product lines of 9 acquired companies into a suite of solutions. Built a new marketing team.
• SVP Marketing at Ceridian - Re-branded Ceridian globally. Realigned 114 products into a cohesive suite of HR solutions. Implemented a best practices approach to marketing to increase revenue 50%, and lead generation tenfold.
• VP Marketing at Compaq - Established a global alliance with KPMG Consulting (BearingPoint). Re-aligned Compaq’s $2B Professional Services business for e-business applications.

• Business Startup/Turnaround

• VP Marketing at Tandem – Incubated and launched e-commerce software business to $120M.
• General Manager at AT&T - Led the turnaround of the UNIX operating system business to profitability in two years.
• Group Product Manager at AT&T - Incubated and launched computer networking business to $200M from concept in 3 years.
• Assisted dozens of small and emerging businesses in developing compelling strategies, preparing to raise capital, and launching their businesses.

Patrick completed the Leadership Program at Harvard Business School, the Leadership Development Program at the Center for Creative Leadership, the Steven Covey Principle Centered Leadership program, and is a certified Six Sigma Champion. His BS in Business Administration equivalent is through Seton Hall University and Bloomfield College in New Jersey, in addition to many company sponsored education programs.