Pat Sabatino is a veteran entrepreneur with extensive experience in building, funding, and exiting high-tech startups and has been instrumental in shaping Rhode Island’s innovation landscape. After a 40-year career in data, SaaS and CRM he joined RIHub and is responsible for the organization’s Programs and Events. Pat is also an active mentor in RIHub's VMS Program. Before the formation of RIHub, he founded and was the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Coalition of Entrepreneurs, laying the groundwork for the state’s startup support ecosystem. Pat is the founder of Rhode Island Startup Week and the Co-Chair of the Newport Investor Summit. He was the Founder of Datarista (sold to Rhetorik), the GM of Operations for Jigsaw (sold to Salesforce), VP of Business Development for CoReg360 (sold to PRIMUS Marketing) and VP of Business Development for MarketModels (sold to AccuData). He was also head of International Management for Direct Media (Sold to Acxiom).