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Patrick E. Burns

Business Development, Marketing & Product Management Leader

Mount Pleasant, SC, USA

๐Ÿ”ดHODLing

Seasoned business development, marketing, and product management leader with deep DeFi, software, and networking industry expertise. Emphasis on developing partner ecosystems and partner-driven products. Experienced in DeFi protocols, IoT standards, data security, and supply chain visibility solutions.

Work Experience

Lead Business Development & Marketing

ENT Laboratories / Monolith

May 2024 โ€” Dec 2025

Lead all business development, marketing, product management, and fundraising for cross-chain stablecoin-as-a-service factory currently in beta. Inverse Finance sister project.

Head of Growth

ENT Laboratories / Inverse Finance

Nov 2021 โ€” Dec 2025

Head of growth for leading decentralized stablecoin and lending protocol. Responsible for all business development, marketing and product management. Launched FiRM fixed rate lending protocol and sDOLA yield-bearing stablecoin, driving annual revenues from zero to $8MM. Drove partnerships leading to over $125 million in stablecoin TVL.

Marketing Consultant

ENT Laboratories / Index Coop

Jun 2020 โ€” Nov 2021

Created new Index Coop marketing narrative and value proposition, launched internal competitive analysis program.

VP Marketing & Business Development

Protegrity

May 2011 โ€” May 2012

Consulted as VP Marketing, Business Development, and Corporate Strategy for privately held data security technology company. Repositioned company and product line, led channel, OEM, and IP licensing strategies. Overhauled alliance with Teradata resulting in 2x pipeline growth in under five months.

Co-founder & CEO

Haystack Technologies

Feb 2011 โ€” Jun 2020

Founded venture creating open source networking protocol and software stack for low power wide area IoT devices (DASH7). Attracted hundreds of developers, co-developed hardware and software products with strategic partners. Raised $2 million in angel and vendor financing. Founded and ran the DASH7 Alliance global standards organization with over 50 paying members.

VP Marketing & Licensing

Savi Technology (acquired by Lockheed Martin)

Oct 2004 โ€” Feb 2011

Created and executed OEM and IP licensing strategies resulting in over 30 licensees and annual licensing revenues of >$5MM. Led global systems integrator alliances with IBM and Accenture. Ran all marketing and led a 12-person team.

Education

J.L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

MBA ยท Marketing and Finance

The American University, School of International Service

BA ยท International Studies