Patrick Scissons is currently the Founder of OstrichCo, a brand, digital innovation & product development studio based out of Toronto and New York City. As a Chief Creative Officer and entrepreneur, Patrick has a 20-year track record of success across brand building, emerging media and digital innovation for Fortune 500 brands in technology, automotive, financial services, government, packaged goods, retail and public service.Patrick is an active advocate for child welfare. His creation of the first-ever social media-powered search party “Milk Carton 2.0” is to date the only non-government platform endorsed for finding missing kids by law enforcement nationwide. His work for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America has been covered by more than 100 media outlets worldwide and has pressured several companies including Starbucks to stop allowing loaded guns in their stores.Prior to founding Ostrich, Patrick was Global Chief Creative Officer of Kirshenbaum Bond + Senecal (KBS) in New York. In the first 18-months since joining, the network achieved its most creatively-acclaimed period in over a decade. Prior to that, Patrick was Chief Creative Officer of Grey Group Canada where he led a substantial creative turnaround, winning Canadian Agency of the Year honors twice in three years and 2015 Cannes Lions North American Agency Network of the Year.Patrick is credited with Cannes Lions across every discipline. In 2016, he was awarded the coveted D&AD Black Pencil and the Grand Effie for advertising effectiveness.