Patrick has 28 years of IT experience in the manufacturing and retail industries. He has extensive experience as part of senior management teams at BP and Amoco. He directed the development and implementation of IT consolidation and integration efforts required to support two successive multi-billion dollar mergers. He managed the design and implementation of Amoco's retail systems including their site networking and card processing platforms. Patrick has also led retail site architecture work, developed vendor strategies and executed RFP processes for POS and site connectivity, and developed strategies for loyalty programs. Currently, he is a managing partner of the W. Capra Consulting Group focusing on retail technology and W. Capra Labs focusing on quality assurance and certification testing of retail systems.

Patrick holds a Bachelor of Science degree, Mathematics/Computer Science from Purdue University and a Master of Science Degree, Operations Research from DePaul University.