He graduated from McGill University and spent seven years in information security sales. One day he realized he had a personal message to deliver that had the potential to impact people’s lives far more than any IT product ever could.

Patrick developed The Power of Mortality™ in order to teach others how to find the joy and vitality that he has found though embracing his mortality.

As an award-winning motivational speaker and author, Patrick shares his Mortality Manifesto and shows audiences the way to a new and vibrant outlook on life. His book What's Your Expiry Date? Embrace Your Mortality - Live With Vitality has received widespread acclaim and has helped countless people to change their lives for the better.

Patrick believes very strongly in the importance of nurturing young people to become leaders for tomorrow. This conviction fueled his four-year involvement with the In-School Mentoring program through the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel. During this time, Patrick was selected as In-School Mentor of the Year and was nominated by Big Brothers of Peel as Mississauga Volunteer of the Year.

Today, he is 36 years old and lives outside of Toronto, ON, Canada with his wife and two small children.