Patrick Ward is the Director of Marketing for Rootstrap, an outcome-driven development agency that digitally transforms companies like MasterClass, Google, and Quartz. A writer by trade, Patrick has been featured in Forbes, Ad Age, HuffPost, Money Magazine & Business Insider. Aside from his role at Rootstrap, Patrick is an accomplished public speaker, teaching LinkedIn workshops at General Assembly, Nonprofit Learning Lab, Serendipity Labs & California Lutheran University and Guest Lecturing at the University of Southern California on AI and Technology Disruption.He is the author of "Marketing Transformation: Why Your Marketing Mindset is Holding Your Organization Back", featured in Business Leaders Edition, Vol 3. of the Amazon Best-Selling Series "Money Matters".He also is the Co-Host and Founder of #LinkedInLocalLA, a networking meetup community in Los Angeles, with guest speakers that are LinkedIn Top Voices, Former Google employees, and Amazon best-selling authors. He earned his Bachelor of Commerce (Liberal Studies), majoring in Marketing and Political Science, from the University of Sydney.