Patrick Galvin Biography
Patrick Galvin is an accomplished presenter, TEDx speaker, author, and coach. He is also the chief galvanizer of The Galvanizing Group, a coaching and online learning company in Portland, Oregon that helps high-performance companies and teams grow bottom line results through better internal and external relationships. Building on the timeless business principles of The Connector’s Way and The Trusted Way, of the popular book series The Way, Patrick educates and motivates while giving people strategies, ideas, and tools to create the connections that galvanize success.
A professional speaker and a past president of the Oregon Chapter of the National Speakers Association, Patrick has received enthusiastic testimonials for his keynote presentations, breakout sessions, workshops and webinars on relationship building for organizations throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe. The 78 microlearning courses in his company’s online Business Relationship Building Academy have over 1,000 outstanding reviews on OpenSesame, a global elearning platform.
Patrick graduated cum laude from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service. He received a Rotary International Scholarship for postgraduate studies at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He has been an active member of the Rotary Club of Portland for over a decade and has served in various leadership positions.
Patrick has an MBA in international marketing from Thunderbird, one of the world’s top business programs. He worked for an industrial and agricultural equipment manufacturer building a profitable sales network throughout Canada and South America where none had existed prior. He subsequently became president of his family’s furniture stores. Under his leadership, sales rose 300% in three years.
Patrick galvanizes people and companies to build strong relationships and thrive.
