Dr. Patrick McNees
Patrick is a serial entrepreneur with over 36 years of experience starting, developing and exiting companies and intellectual property. He was the founding CEO and Chief Scientist at Applied Health Science, Inc. and co-founder and President of North Rim Systems and Computer Associates, a computer software development firm. Patrick has been responsible for over two…
Managing Partner
Patrick is a serial entrepreneur with over 36 years of experience starting, developing and exiting companies and intellectual property. He was the founding CEO and Chief Scientist at Applied Health Science, Inc. and co-founder and President of North Rim Systems and Computer Associates, a computer software development firm.
Patrick has been responsible for over two dozen inventions and other intellectual property in such areas as health and life science, software, oil and gas, manufacturing and financial services. His projects have won a number of national awards and been the focus of media coverage ranging from National Public Radio to the New York Times. Rights to his intellectual property have been sold or licensed to such organizations as ConvaTec, Sun Bank , the American Healthcare Association and Exxon.
In addition to his business background, Patrick has also done work in academic settings – most recently serving as Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise Development at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He has also contributed his expertise to the federal governments of the United States and Canada. He has served on federal research grant review panels for the National Institutes of Health for 20 years. He has also served as an expert panelist for the Canadian federal government’s Centers of Excellence program.
Patrick is a prolific author and is frequently called upon to speak at international conferences. He has advised hundreds of organizations – including Bristol Myers Squibb, Vancouver Hospital, Baylor Health System, SRS Medical, Yale University, Boston College and Providence Health System. He has sat on boards and advisory panels for financial institutions, hospitals, health systems, medical device companies and software companies.
Patrick served on the Advisory Board for the Laboratory for Global Health Observation, the first North American lab focusing primarily on satellite image-based health research. Remote satellite sensing projects range from searching for conditions conducive to breeding malarial mosquitoes in Kenya to tracking ground-level pollutants in Alabama. NASA was a key supporter of the Laboratory.
Patrick’s educational background includes a PhD from the University of Kansas.