Patrick Connolly

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Mr. Patrick Connolly is the Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Supermoon Capital. He serves as Board Member at FreshBed. He served as Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer at Williams Sonoma. He serves as Advisor at EnsoData. He also served as Board Member at SleepScore Labs. He joined WSI in May of 1979 and has served as a Director on the company's Board since 1983. During his tenure, he has focused on building the company's direct-to-customer business, including the growth and marketing of its portfolio of catalogs, the introduction and development of its e-commerce business, and the strategic implementation of its multichannel retailing strategy. Connolly began his tenure at WSI as Vice President of Mail Order and has held the positions of Senior Vice President, Mail Order; Executive Vice President, GM Catalog; and Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to joining WSI, Connolly held positions with Procter & Gamble and Xerox Computer Services, and he founded or co-founded three mail-order companies. Connolly has also served on the board of numerous companies and nonprofit organizations. In addition to serving as a director of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. He served on the Board of the Direct Marketing Association for six years and is a frequent speaker on e-commerce and multichannel retailing. Connolly has served on the boards of Outward Bound USA and Sacred Heart Schools Atherton, and as chair of the Management Board of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. He served as Board Member at CafePress.