Patrick has over 30 years experience in the retail grocery, warehousing and consumer packaged goods industries.  He currently operates his own consulting group focusing on growth strategies and emerging issues with an emphasis on consumer future forces, E-commerce, and trade policy development.   

Patrick joined Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) in 1988 as VP of Industry Relations.  He continued on as SVP of Strategy and Emerging Issues and directed GMA's industry re-engineering efforts in both the grocery and foodservice industries.  Patrick continues to serve as GMA's Sr. Counselor for Strategic and Emerging Issues. 

Before GMA, he spent 18 years at Safeway; 7 years as the Corporate Division Mgr. of Industrial Engineering.  Early in Patrick's career, he gained experience as a buyer and industrial engineer with both Kenworth Motor Truck Co. and the Boeing Co.