Patterson Strategic Advisors is a strategic planning and marketing consultancy who help organizations align their future vision, current capabilities and what stakeholders expect from them.Who we are: we offer strategic planning, marketing communications, thought leadership and speaker/facilitation services.What we do: we are practitioners of smarter marketing and strategic alignment to improve revenue and set up your business for sustained success.Why we exist: we provide Madison Avenue-level strategy and execution with Davos-inspired content at Main Street prices.

Assist former Fortune 500 and professional services clients with strategy, marketing and communications projects while dealing with out of state elder care and later estate/probate issues.

Responsibilities included global account management, primary and secondary research, consulting services and activation of corporate reputation programs across a host of industries, including agriculture, CPG, energy, finance, health systems, investment management, packaging, pharmaceuticals, professional services, telecom, technology and transportation.Moderated panel discussions at RI's annual global conference around the following topics: US energy policy lunchtime address (New Orleans 2011), energy & utility industry roundtable (Milan 2012 and Barcelona 2013), European financial services branding (Milan 2012), reputation management & human rights (Milan 2012), reputation & corporate culture (Barcelona 2013), telling an authentic & credible corporate narrative (Miami 2014), mitigating reputation risk for success (Miami 2014) and active reputation management: who's in charge? (Miami 2014).Led reputation training & development programs in the following areas: industry reputation (France), competitive simulation (Brazil & US), employee advocacy (US) and supplier diversity (US).Relationship manager for numerous corporate members of the US Reputation Leaders Network launched in 2013.Contributing editor to Reputation Intelligence, a quarterly practitioner-focused thought leadership magazine from 2009-13.Responsible for Reputation Institute's social media presence across LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, 2014-15.

Senior counselor and account strategist for the agency's longest standing client relationship. Agency co-lead for "Reputation Swarm" program to increase internal collaboration and improve global ranking in 2009 Fortune Most Admired Companies.Built communications strategy around client's inaugural Global Citizenship Report.Developed messaging framework for client CEO's 2009 platform around world trade.

Developed internal/external communications and assisted with business development strategies to promote thought leadership & client success stories for €7 billion global consulting & outsourcing firm. Reported to successive North American CEOs with dotted line to Group Communications lead in ParisNamed North American PR director in August 2003; responsible for all external communications & crisis management for $2 billion region; assumed employee communications lead in 2006 Managed team of 6 in New York, Chicago & MumbaiHandled all internal and external communications for $1.25 billion acquisition of Kanbay in 2006-07 as well as Capgemini Energy (a 10-year, $3.5 billion IT and business process outsourcing JV with TXU) in May 2004Successfully launched offshore strategy in mid-2000s around delivery centers in China, India and Poland.

Responsible for thought leadership and brand building in global industry groups (Telecom, Entertainment, Retail) & sponsorships (including World Economic Forum) for Big Four business advisory firm before & after it sold its consulting practice to Capgemini in 2000Leveraged the firm’s involvement with events such as the Golden Globes, Prime Time Emmy Awards, ESPY Awards, Wall Street Journal Technology Summit, and creation of events such as the Ernst & Young IPO Transformation CEO Retreat and the Ernst & Young Technology Partnering ConferencesPromoted industry-leading global thought leadership including the Global Online Retail Report, Business Redefined: Connecting Content, Customers and Applications, and the third edition of the Ernst & Young Guide to International Film Production – managing a team of 10 across a dozen countries

Created integrated marketing and grassroots campaigns for corporate, government and non-profit clients at world’s largest PR agency (at the time), part of the Young & Rubicam family (now WPP)Member of first graduating classes of BM University I and II