Patrick came to The 451 Group with over 25 years of sales experience in the IT and services industry. Prior to joining The 451 Group, Patrick was a Vice President of Sector Sales for IDC, a global market intelligence firm. Clients included media and entertainment companies, IT vendors (hardware, software, communications and technology services) venture capitalists, equity research analysts, investment bankers and IT professionals at Fortune 500 companies.

Patrick has also provided sales and sales management leadership at Greenwich Technology Associates and Graypeak Technologies, and spent five years at The Meta Group. He began his sales career at Xerox Corp as a New Business Sales Representative in New York.