After a 3 year assignment for the French Industrial Development Agency (FIDA), Patrick Verbeke worked for 27 years for an international management consulting firm on restructuring, divestment, site sale, site repurposing, and job creation projects in France and other countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia.

Patrick is a graduate of SupElec, one of the leading engineering schools in France. He also has an MS in systems engineering and an MBA from UCLA. He has been living in Los Angeles 6 years, New York City 20 years, and Cambridge, MA since 2002.