Patrick S. is a Senior IT Executive | CIO | Global IT Leader | Transformation | M&A Integration | Value Creation | Risk Management. Colleagues describe him as "Patrick as CIO was responsible for all IT at the $1.3B annual revenue Platform Solutions division of BAE Systems with 8 world-wide sites and 4k personnel. I always received Outstanding support from Patrick and his wide-ranging responsibilities. One specific that needs to be called out - when our NY site was destroyed by a flood in 2011, Patrick had IT (Hardware and Software) back up and running for the 1500 local employees within 2 weeks at a completely new site. The team he pulled in from across the USA was able to work results that most described as miraculous. "Getting it done" in IT and across CIO responsibilities has no better title than Patrick Shannon." and "Pat is an excellent leader and manager of people. He can work at a strategic level but also roll his sleeves up and support his team at a detailed level if required. He would be a benefit to any organisation"