SHA affiliations:
Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship Advisory Board
Center for Hospitality Research Advisory Board
Key areas of expertise:
- Saas Software
- Hotel Revenue
- Fundraising
- Global Scaling
Patrick is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Cornell University’s Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship. He is currently in the process of launching his next company, which has not yet been announced.
Patrick is an advisor to Duetto Research, which is a company he founded in 2012. He served as CEO, President & Chairman throughout his tenure at Duetto until deciding to join Royalton. He led the company to significant milestones, including growth to serve more than 3,500 hotel and casino properties in over 60 countries. He raised over US$140M while serving as CEO from some of the top investors in the world, and he promoted his successor during a time of record growth and company performance.
Patrick serves as an advisor to technology companies in the transportation, real estate, and human resources sectors. He is an advisor to Royalton Investment, which is the largest fully integrated megayacht company in the world. He also served on the board of Eoliasur, which develops wind energy in Argentina, and the charity, Win-Win Entertainment.
Previously, Patrick was an executive at Wynn Resorts in the US and China, and he was an appointee in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of San Diego.