Patrick is the founder and project lead at Modus Operandi Design. A native Texan, he studied graphic design at Ole Miss and cut his media teeth at Chris Whittle’s groundbreaking custom content firm Whittle Communications. After three years in the newspaper business at the Dallas Morning News and Detroit Free Press, he jumped at the opportunity to head to New England to collaborate with Hans Teensma on a redesign of Billboard’s Musician magazine. Later, he spearheaded the creative direction for Fast Company and Inc. magazines for eight years, and was awarded two National Magazine Awards in the process. (He also got to collaborate with his design hero, Pentagram partner Paula Scher). Fast Company was one of the most successful media launches in history.