Patrick Reilly, M.S.

Advisor Coach | Executive Consultant | Leadership Advisor

Patrick Reilly is an Advisor Coach and Executive Consultant who helps senior leaders navigate the increasingly complex challenges of leadership in an AI-driven world. For more than 30 years, he has worked with executives and leadership teams to strengthen their leadership impact, navigate organizational complexity, influence without authority, and lead significant organizational change.

Today, Patrick brings this experience together through Advisor Coaching—a distinctive combination of executive coaching, strategic consulting, organizational expertise, and the perspective of a trusted advisor. Unlike traditional coaching, Advisor Coaching recognizes that senior leaders often need more than reflection and development. They need a thought partner who understands the business, can challenge their thinking, offer practical perspective, and help them translate insight into action.

Patrick's work has increasingly focused on the leadership implications of AI. He helps executives navigate a world in which information is abundant, the pace of change is accelerating, and many decisions must be made with incomplete information. His work focuses not on the technology itself, but on the leadership capabilities required to create value from it—including judgment and discernment, executive presence, organizational alignment, influence, experimentation, and the ability to lead through ambiguity and change.

His business background in operations, technology, R&D, organizational development, and change management informs his work with executives. He has worked extensively with leaders in technology and biotech as well as healthcare, construction, and higher education. His international experience includes work with organizations and leaders in Mexico and Asia.

Selected Leadership Assignments

• AI and organizational transformation: Helped a Fortune 10 AI executive build a new technology organization and strategy that ultimately secured multi-billion-dollar investment for AI development.
• Executive influence and investment: Helped a senior technology executive rebuild credibility after five years of unsuccessful attempts to secure major investment, ultimately gaining $300 million in funding for his organization.
• Board and executive leadership: Worked with CFOs who had experienced difficult starts with their Boards, helping them strengthen their influence, communication, and strategic value—enabling both to retain their positions.
• Leadership and organizational performance: Helped two technology engineering leaders transition into general management roles, contributing to a 20% increase in profitability through stronger leadership and team engagement.
• Healthcare leadership: Worked with 25 leaders in a major healthcare organization over a 15-year period; approximately 80% were subsequently promoted at least once.
• Organizational transformation: Led change management for a global organization implementing SAP across operations involving consultants and stakeholders from more than 30 countries.
• CEO and culture: Helped the CEO of a global startup rebuild relationships with his leadership team and address cultural issues that had contributed to negative Glassdoor reviews, executive departures, and difficulty attracting talent.