Patrick Henshaw is co-founder and COO of Strap. He manages operations and business development including strategic partnerships. Patrick graduated from West Point and earned his masters in engineering. Both Airborne and Ranger qualified he served as an engineer officer leading troops in Afghanistan, then came back stateside to serve as the Aide-de-Camp for two Major Generals and run a $36 Billion program for the Department of Defense. Before Strap, Patrick partnered with Steve as COO at crosstek where he helped deliver solutions that involved streaming data in both the software and hardware space from fiber optic cables in the Pacific Ocean to wearables on the wrists of people in over 150 different countries. With Patrick’s deep insights that range from SaaS businesess, to innovation, wearables, process optimization, product/project management, logistics and operations his thoughts have been published in the book, Startup Blueprint: 7 Skills for Founders, Builders & Leaders and he has spoken on panels and delivered presentations on operations and process management at conferences that include Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide Marketing Summit, Apps World Conference, Incite Summit: West and Internet Week New York. His commentary on advertising and SaaS businesses have also been published in Advertising Age. Follow Patrick on Twitter @LeadersOutFront and Strap @getstrap.