Patrick Cronin is the co-founder and principal of Kovarus, Inc. In 2003, Patrick founded Kovarus, along with Peter Castaldi, to fulfill the vision of creating a customer-centric company driven to help organizations achieve their business objectives, while building long-term value and cost savings using existing and new technologies. In addition to managing Kovarus’ Professional Services organization, Patrick is responsible for defining the company’s strategic customer and market strategy, which consists of program development and product selection. Patrick has also been instrumental in recruiting and developing Kovarus’ technical team and building a positive corporate culture.

In the 15 years prior to launching Kovarus, Patrick honed his technical experience holding various leadership positions for leading IT manufacturers including Oracle, EMC, and VERITAS (now Symantec), as well as several start-ups. Throughout his career, Patrick has received industry recognition for expanding new markets and developing innovative programs and services.