Patrick Galvin
Patrick Galvin, M.B.A. is the chief galvanizer and president of Galvin Communications in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 2002, his word of mouth marketing and public relations firm has increased credibility, visibility, and sales for hundreds of businesses from sole proprietorships to publicly traded companies with billions of dollars in annual revenue. Galvin is also a Vistage Expert Speaker and the past president of the Oregon Chapter of the National Speakers Association. Over the past decade, he has presented keynotes, seminars, and webinars for corporations and associations through the United States and Canada on how to leverage economical yet highly effective word of mouth marketing practices to outperform the competition.
Galvin received his MBA in international marketing from Thunderbird School of Global Management, and his Bachelor’s degree with honors from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He studied at the Catholic University in Quito, Ecuador and the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. He speaks fluent Spanish and Portuguese and is studying Mandarin.
More information about Galvin is available on his website and blog.
- Location
- Portland, Oregon
- Languages
- Spanish and Portuguese
- Hobbies
- Swimming, cooking, hiking, traveling
- Education
- Georgetown, Thunderbird, University of Sao Paulo
- Travel
- Latin America, whitewater rivers, China
Fun Facts
Recent Posts by Patrick
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