Patrick Sullivan

About Patrick Sullivan

I help founders and executives translate big visions into meaningful, viable plans that cross-functional teams can actually execute. That sounds simple. It rarely is.Most product breakdowns I\'ve walked into aren\'t engineering problems or design problems. They\'re alignment problems - the vision is real, but it hasn\'t been connected to a short list of metrics that matter to specific buyers and users. Once you make that connection, something shifts. Teams stop arguing about features and start moving toward outcomes. The big vision becomes a measurable reality.I\'ve done this work across healthtech, developer platforms, and regulated data systems - as a founding PM, as a Director, and as a fractional CPO. My background is in software engineering, which means I can sit in a technical architecture conversation and a customer discovery session on the same day and be useful in both.🧠 One moment that captures how I think 🧠In a seed-stage company, we were burning runway and were approached by a large PE-backed prospect wanting custom development. Easy money - but custom work is agency revenue, not SaaS revenue. It doesn\'t compound. I reframed the opportunity entirely: instead of custom dev, we launched an \"Accelerator\" program where customers could buy priority placement on our roadmap for specific problems. We\'d own the solution shape. They\'d get six months of exclusivity, after which the feature rolled into the core platform. The prospect signed. We preserved runway. And we added a repeatable commercial motion that built the product at the same time.That\'s the kind of thinking I bring - first principles, commercial clarity, and an instinct for solutions that serve the business model, not just the moment. Where I do my best work Companies building technical products in healthtech or developer tooling - typically high-growth teams where speed, technical depth, and product rigor all have to coexist at the same time. I\'m open to both Director-level leadership and senior IC roles - what matters more to me is the mission and the team than the org chart.If your roadmap feels reactive, your team is shipping but users aren\'t moving, or you need someone who can hold the vision and the execution detail at the same time - let\'s talk.

Experience

1. Senior Principal Product Manager

   Stellarus

   Mar 2026 — Present

Education

• State University of New York at Fredonia

  Bachelors, Applied Music

  1995 — 2000