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Patrick comes to BlueShift with over 18 years of experience as a technology leader in semiconductor and related industries. He has a successful record of product development applying leading edge technologies and has proven himself formidable in building effective teams. Patrick has applied his experience to the areas of distributed controls, real-time simulations, and control of complex semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Before his appointment as the company's first CTO, Patrick founded Cauldronsoft where he initially developed the software architecture and scheduling strategy used by BlueShift. Previously, Patrick was the Director of Next Generation Controls and Architecture for Brooks Automation. In this capacity, he introduced significant improvements in software and equipment performance and led the creation of new software architectures for vacuum and atmospheric systems. Patrick joined Brooks from Ulvac where his group was responsible for the new software architecture for Ulvac's semiconductor and OLED equipment. At Ferrofluidics, Patrick led the team that created one of the industry's first successful software and controls architectures for a 300 mm Czochralski crystal puller system. Prior to Ferrofluidics Patrick worked at Seaview Thermal Systems, his second startup, where he led the Electrical, Instrument and Controls department. Prior to Seaview, Patrick co-founded Virtual Reality Systems, a company dedicated to the design of virtual reality software for real-time online user simulations.Patrick graduated Summa Cum Laude with degrees in Aeronautics, Mathematics and Physics. | 