Pat is a highly experienced and accomplished leader with a proven track record in strategy design, development, and implementation, in addition to stakeholder engagement, problem solving, and project management. He has spent his career cultivating Value Innovation Networks with academics, research disciplines, industry, policy makers, funding agencies, and communities.

Pat has facilitated and led the generation of €8M in research funding in SETU RIKON centre, being principally responsible for securing over €4M, and has held the position of Innovation Principal Investigator on 400 innovation projects that are recognised for making real transformational change in business and reimagining how organisations can identify tactical business opportunities to grow business volume. Pat’s PhD is on innovation, knowledge transfer, and networks.