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Patrick Burke

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Leadership Recruiting at Watershed
📍 San Jose, California, United States

Patrick is a leadership recruiter at Watershed with extensive experience building world-class teams in AI, robotics, and consumer electronics. A graduate of the University of the Pacific, he specializes in placing executive and technical talent. Colleagues describe him as talented, perceptive, sharp, and experienced.

Outside of his professional work, Patrick is deeply committed to community service. He and his wife co-founded a non-profit organization dedicated to providing essential aid to the homeless population in their community, reflecting a strong personal mission to give back.

He started the non-profit "Happy Feet for the Homeless" with his wife, and their teenage son designed the logo.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Leadership Recruiting
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Jose, California, United States
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Climate Tech
He is a leadership recruiter at Watershed, a startup focused on helping companies reduce their carbon footprint and run world-class climate programs.
Executive Talent
His career is focused on retained executive searches for key leadership roles in Engineering, Product, Data Science, and Sales for innovative tech companies.
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Career

Work history

5-2021
Leadership Recruiting
Watershed
2020 - 6-2021
Managing Partner
Right Hire
3-2019 - 4-2020
Partner, Technology Practice
3FORTY3
11-2017 - 3-2019
Director of Talent Acquisition
[24]7.ai
9-2017 - 9-2023
Co-Founder / Volunteer (Non-profit)
Happy Feet for the Homeless
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Education
Bachelor's degree
University of the Pacific
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