Patrick Lowndes

About Patrick Lowndes

As a west-coast Native, Patrick is a faith-driven serial entrepreneur, investor, and mobilizer who develops professional talent domestically and in frontier markets. He leads the Faith Driven ecosystem in Seattle and speaks nationally about faith, work, and Godʼs global purposes. At Frontier Operators, he equips faith driven young professionals who want to converge their profession with their calling and empowers them to fulfill that calling in the marketplace. His mission is to honor Christ by equipping high-capacity operators who build businesses that create jobs and help communities flourish—economically, relationally, and spiritually. Based in Redmond, Washington, Patrick lives with his wife, Bethany, and their five children. BACKSTORY:He ran his first business on a lawn-mowing route at age 11. Over the years, he has excelled in marketing and selling products, powered by a drive to create value where no solution has been delivered before. At the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, he specialized his Bachelors in Business Administration in Entrepreneurship.As a software salesman, Patrick prayed that God give him an idea for a software company and that idea was helping companies get what they paid for and stop wasting money on software. ServiceNow liked that idea and acquired VendorHawk in April 2018. After nearly 5 years at ServiceNow helping some of the largest companies avoid wasting money on software, he went back to the startup scene with Prota Ventures and CloseStrong.ai. Today, he leads Frontier Operators to forge excellent business operators with the help of advisors and investors of frontier markets. He also leads Pragma Advisors\' research and advisory work activating impact investment Patrick lives with his wife and four young daughters and a son in Redmond, WA and enjoys going on adventures with his family, consulting with impact startups working in developing economies, and serving his community through his church.Visit blog at and company site at and

Experience

1. Managing Director General Partner, Fund 2

   Prota Ventures

   Oct 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   I enjoy helping entrepreneurs who are focused on human flourishing. As a Managing Director at Prota, I\'m focused on our Labs companies ( & incubator), Venture Fund, and advising companies with early sales & product questions.

Education

• Clark College

  Business/Commerce, General

  2008 — 2009

• UW Foster School of Business

  Bachelors - Business Administration, Entrepreneurship

  2009 — 2010

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Non-Profits
• Business Development
• Compensation Strategies
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Strategy
• Management
• Team Building
• Coaching
• Leadership
• Compensation Structures
• Social Networking
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Public Speaking
• Recruiting
• Event Planning
• Customer Service
• Account Management
• Fundraising
• Customer Satisfaction
• Training
• Time Management
• Enterprise Software
• Entrepreneurship
• Project Management
• Marketing
• Consulting
• Nonprofits
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Cold Calling
• Salesforce.com
• Leadership Development
• Team Leadership