Summary Patrick McLinden is a Human Resource Executive in San Carlos, CA. He has a passion for the new and exciting, and his desire to shake things up and get businesses headed in the right direction has been the foundation for his successful career. For Patrick McLinden, his love for strategic HR initiatives come from a deeper underlying passion for psychology. Patrick loves figuring out how and why people think the way they do, and he loves engineering situations where he can help improve their actions by improving their mindset. Patrick is known for his ability to shake things up. Patrick is currently the Senior Director of Strategic HR Business Initiatives at VMware - a world leader in cloud infrastructure and digital workspace technology. His work includes Deloitte Consulting's Human Capital global practice as well as serving as the Sr. Director of Learning and Wellness at FitBit, where he helped the founders drive a learning and wellness focused culture. In addition to his work as a strategic executive in HR, Patrick's attention to detail is evident in one of his favorite hobbies - home landscaping. For Patrick, designing and cultivating a healthy and vibrant garden is similar to creating and cultivating a healthy and vibrant business culture. Just as great HR initiatives require strategic planning, so do the needs of home landscaping require a similar focus of an attentive mindset.