Patrick is currently the CEO & Co-Founder of QuatroMoney, a new affordability platform solving the student debt crisis up-front through financial transparency. He has spent thirty-two years in the higher education space and twenty-one of them in student finance, first as VP of Business Development for First Marblehead and then as co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of SimpleTuition, sold to TREE in 2016. He is a frequent speaker and commentator on financial aid and student finance matters and has been featured in Kiplinger's, the New York Times, Forbes, Fox Business, TheStreet.com, US News, the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune and many others. Pat is an active mentor to startups and currently advises several other tech, student finance and edtech companies. He lives in the Springfield, MA area with his wife and rescued dogs and spends his spare time outdoors and writing articles about his experiences for REI.com, Coastal Angler, the Hampshire Gazette and other publications.