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Rick Patri is a team-focused, entrepreneurial executive with a track record of successfully building, growing and monetizing companies at the intersection of media and technology. Known for transforming companies with revenue-producing and culture-changing leadership, Rick has spent much of his career heading up both successful turnarounds and start-ups. A digital media pioneer, Rick was among the first to create, curate, distribute and more importantly monetize content specifically for the blogosphere. He has consistently led companies to push the limits of new technologies and emerging platforms. Throughout his career, Rick has transitioned between digital media and technology; between large corporations and startup operations; and between the business and creative sides of the industry. Patri was most recently the Chief Operating Officer at Lucky Tackle Box, a leading subscription service catering to the recreational fishing market. While there, he led a dramatic turnaround at the company, grew its social media presence to over 1 million Facebook fans and helped the company become the 2nd most influential publisher of social content in the outdoor and travel space. Prior to that he helped start Dustland Media, one of the fastest growing digital agencies in Los Angeles. As one of the managing partners, he oversaw the day-to-day business and creative aspects for its new portfolio of business, before closing a successful exit. Before helping start Dustland, Rick spent 10 years as the Vice President, Sales & Marketing in the Enterprise Technology and Services space. Patri has operated or worked as a senior executive for a wide range of companies including Marqui Inc., the first company to ever pay bloggers to blog; Pivotal Corporation, a billion dollar CRM company, and RAND Worldwide, where he lead a new startup incubator.

Highly meticulous and reliable Finance Director with an outstanding client service record. My experience spans over 12 years in different finical roles. I have held head of finance and controller positions in many industries I am an adaptive multitasker able to handle a number of cash management projects with professionalism and accuracy. As well as strong research skills in optimizing current and efficient cash management team operation. In all positions, I demonstrated attention to detail; organizational, analytical and computational skills; superior service delivery; and strengths in financial reporting.

Information Real Estate Developer, Private Equity Investor-Stillwater Property Group CEO 23 years + experience.

As a founder of studio and venture fund Science Inc., Mike leverages his operational expertise and keen entrepreneurial talent to help Science founders scale highly profitable and successful businesses. Mike develops predictive strategies for portfolio companies, and the firm overall, that taps into future societal shifts and disrupts entrenched markets. A longtime Internet executive, entrepreneur, and strategic adviser, Mike spent his career growing businesses ranging from early stage startups to private equity-backed assets to public media companies. Mike’s ability to predict the next shift extends beyond his work at Science to when he served as the CEO of Myspace. In his role he foresaw the impact of social influence over software, a predictive strategy he also saw as CEO of Userplane (acquired by AOL), and investment in HouseParty (acquired by Epic). Mike’s work with Mammoth Media, Hello Society and Famebit also highlights how he spotted the future of content and built these brands to thrive at the onset of GenZ’s as content consumers and influencer takeover. His experience and expertise in both large and small companies focuses on strategy, growth, and operational efficiency, and has resulted in over $2B in exits (three of which were in 2016 alone). You can get a glimpse of his thought process in this Dollar Shave Club case study or his take on GenZ and Mammoth Media in a case study. Mike currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children, whom he loves writing about.