Chief Operating Officer
As Chief Operating Officer, Tony Patterson has responsibility for sales, marketing and certain other company operations including strategy. Prior to joining SmartDraw Software, Patterson was co-founder and principal of Acclivity Financial Corp., a private real-estate development company while pursuing investment opportunities for Pattco Ventures, LLC, a private equity firm. Patterson also served as co-founder and president of Vericate Corporation, a software company pursuing analytical solutions to prescription drug fraud. Prior to Vericate, he worked for a variety of public and private entities including Mindport, Inc., HNC Software, Inc., Metromedia Company, BankAmerica Corporation and Diatek Corporation. A past chairman and director of the San Diego Software Industry Council, Patterson pursued undergraduate studies in business administration at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, and he holds an master's degree in business administration from Pepperdine University.