John R. Patton, CEO

John Patton founded Cadence in 1983. From the outset, it was John’s vision to be the premier provider of project management training, consulting services, and support tools.

The Cadence mission is connecting people worldwide and transforming businesses through project management. His recent assignments have been focused on an international program of licensing Cadence training to consulting firms in Asia, Latin America and Europe, establishing Cadence’s global project team approach to be taught by local seminar leaders in the local language of the country. This network is key to multi-national companies’ designs to use a consistent project management methodology worldwide.

John's leadership in the development and dissemination of state-of-the-art project management techniques has established him as one of the industry's leading “change masters.” As one seminar attendee put it: “He makes change more comfortable. He supports his answers to questions and the principles he teaches with a wealth of personal experience.” John’s consulting experience includes assignments on numerous multi-million dollar new product development projects around the world.

His career has encompassed every aspect of project management, from strategic planning to construction and product introductions. John has held management and staff positions during the past twenty-five years on a variety of international and domestic assignments. He is bilingual in Spanish, and has the ability with French, Catalan and German. John has provided project management training and consulting services to organizations around the world.