Patrick Thean is the CEO and co-founder of Rhythm Systems, a cloud-based strategy execution software platform that facilitates airtight execution and measurability for mid-market CEOs. A serial entrepreneur, bestselling author and speaker, Patrick is known for helping companies accelerate growth by focusing on great execution. In April 2014, Patrick published his book, “Rhythm: How to Achieve Breakthrough Execution and Accelerate Growth,” which rose to No. 17 on the Amazon Best Seller Rank for Kindle. 

As founder and CEO of Metasys, Inc., he grew it to a ranking of 151 on the Inc. 500 list of fast-growing companies. His tools for getting executive teams and their departments focused, aligned, accountable and executing as a team are part of the curriculum for the Entrepreneur Organization’s world-renowned Entrepreneurial Masters Program held at MIT, where Patrick served as program co-chair for seven years. He also chairs a similar program in Malaysia, “Taipan: The Making of Asian Giants.”

Patrick received his Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Cornell University. He was named an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year for North Carolina in 1996.

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